Definizione monolingua

prise

prise (third-person singular simple present prises, present participle prising, simple past and past participle prised)

1. To force (open) with a lever; to pry.

   1919: I think he must have been trying to prise open that box yonder when he was attacked. — Sax Rohmer, The Quest of the Sacred Slipper

   c. 1925: Come, force the gates with crowbars, prise them apart! — Jack Lindsay, translation of Lysistrata

   2004: Most people used pliers, scissors, rubber gloves and knives to try to prise open products. — BBC News

prise (plural prises)

1. (obsolete) An enterprise.
2. (obsolete) Variant of prize.

Definizione dizionario prise

impresa

Altri significati:

(obsolete) Variant of prize.

(obsolete) An enterprise.

To force (open) with a lever; to pry.