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Noun pry has 1 sense
  1. crowbar, wrecking bar, pry, pry bar - a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
    --1 is a kind of lever
    --1 has particulars: jim crow; jimmy, jemmy
    Derived form: verb pry1
,Verb pry has 4 senses
  1. pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy - to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock", "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"
    --1 is one way to open, open up
    Derived form: noun pry1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
  2. pry - be nosey; "Don't pry into my personal matters!"
    --2 is one way to     ask, inquire, enquire
    Derived form: noun prying1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
  3. pry, nose, poke - search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always nosing around the office"
    --3 is one way to search, look
    Derived form: noun prying1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
  4. pry, prise - make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him"
    --4 is one way to extort, wring from
    Derived form: noun prying1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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