prise in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for prise in the English»French Dictionary

prise [Brit prʌɪz, Am praɪz] VB trans

I.prise out VB [Brit prʌɪz -, Am praɪz -] (prise [sth] out) lit

prise out bullet, nail:

prise out

retirer (of, from de)

to prise sth out of sb details, information, secret

arracher qc à qn

to prise sb out of bed, chair

arracher qn de

I.prise apart VB [Brit prʌɪz -, Am praɪz -] (prise [sth] apart) lit, fig

prise apart layers, planks, people

séparer

prise apart lips, teeth

ouvrir [qc] de force

I.prise open VB [Brit prʌɪz -, Am praɪz -] (prise [sth] open, prise open [sth])

prise open box, door:

prise open

ouvrir [qc] en forçant

prise away VB [Brit prʌɪz -, Am praɪz -]

to prise sb away from fig TV, work

arracher qn à

I.prise up VB [Brit prʌɪz -, Am praɪz -] (prise [sth] up)

prise up floorboard

soulever [qc] en forçant

prise up nail

arracher

I.prise off VB [Brit prʌɪz -, Am praɪz -] (prise [sth] off)

prise off lid:

prise off

enlever [qc] en forçant

prise in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for prise in the English»French Dictionary

prise [praɪz] VB trans Brit, Aus

to prise sth off [or to prise off sth]

retirer qc à l'aide d'un levier

to prise sth open

ouvrir qc à l'aide d'un levier

to prise sth out of sth

extirper qc de qc

prise Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to prise sth off [or to prise off sth]

retirer qc à l'aide d'un levier

to prise sth open

ouvrir qc à l'aide d'un levier

to prise sth out of sth

extirper qc de qc

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The last suction cup will be used to prise open a pyramid.

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Along with this came the burden of prises (appropriation of food), seizure of wool and hides, and the unpopular additional duty on wool, dubbed the "maltolt".

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There are any number of secrets that a half-awake presenter might have wanted to prise out of the supermarkets.

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He may love his return to rugby league and it might be hard to prise him out.

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Rigor mortis has set in, and he has to break her fingers in order to prise the pin from her grasp.

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You almost had to prise the information from him.

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Her left eye was glued shut and staff worked for up to 30 minutes to prise it back open.

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He can be seen trying to prise the man's phone from his hand, finally releasing it before spilling it onto the ground.

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Footage taken minutes after the crash showed motorists risking their own lives amid the flames to prise open vehicle doors and rescue people trapped inside.

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However, each fencing master and fencing doctrine has a separate view of prise de fer.

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