priseverb [ T ]
UK US prize uk/praɪz/us/praɪz/to use force to lift something off something else, for example by pressing a tool against a fixed point or to separate things using force:
I managed to prise the lid off the tin of paint.
She prised the child's fingers apart and forced him to give her the coins.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Raising and lowering
- elevate
- elevated
- erect
- go down
- hike sth up
- hoick
- hoist
- jack
- jack sth up
- lever
- leverage
- lower
- pick sb/sth up
- prick (sth) up
- put
- ride
- run
- run sth up
- scoop sth/sb up
- winch
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