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It was my dream that I had clenched in a fist of discontent and wouldn't release. But time had now pried every finger open. There is peace in an open and upraised hand that isn't grasping for anything.
Laurel Lea

Meaning of "pried" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PRIED

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRIED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pried is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb pried in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PRIED

PRESENT

Present
I prie
you prie
he/she/it pries
we prie
you prie
they prie
Present continuous
I am prying
you are prying
he/she/it is prying
we are prying
you are prying
they are prying
Present perfect
I have pried
you have pried
he/she/it has pried
we have pried
you have pried
they have pried
Present perfect continuous
I have been prying
you have been prying
he/she/it has been prying
we have been prying
you have been prying
they have been prying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I pried
you pried
he/she/it pried
we pried
you pried
they pried
Past continuous
I was prying
you were prying
he/she/it was prying
we were prying
you were prying
they were prying
Past perfect
I had pried
you had pried
he/she/it had pried
we had pried
you had pried
they had pried
Past perfect continuous
I had been prying
you had been prying
he/she/it had been prying
we had been prying
you had been prying
they had been prying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will prie
you will prie
he/she/it will prie
we will prie
you will prie
they will prie
Future continuous
I will be prying
you will be prying
he/she/it will be prying
we will be prying
you will be prying
they will be prying
Future perfect
I will have pried
you will have pried
he/she/it will have pried
we will have pried
you will have pried
they will have pried
Future perfect continuous
I will have been prying
you will have been prying
he/she/it will have been prying
we will have been prying
you will have been prying
they will have been prying
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would pried
you would pried
he/she/it would pried
we would pried
you would pried
they would pried
Conditional continuous
I would be prying
you would be prying
he/she/it would be prying
we would be prying
you would be prying
they would be prying
Conditional perfect
I would have pried
you would have pried
he/she/it would have pried
we would have pried
you would have pried
they would have pried
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been prying
you would have been prying
he/she/it would have been prying
we would have been prying
you would have been prying
they would have been prying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you prie
we let´s prie
you prie
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to prie
Past participle
pried
Present Participle
prying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRIED

prideless
pridian
prie-dieu
prier
pries
priest
priest-hole
priest-ridden
priest´s hole
priestcraft
priestess
priesthood
Priestley
priestlier
priestliest
priestlike
priestliness
priestling
priestly
priestship

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRIED

buried
carried
country-fried
cried
deep-fried
dried
freeze-dried
fried
hurried
married
parried
queried
salaried
Siegfried
storied
sun-dried
tried
unmarried
varied
worried

Synonyms and antonyms of pried in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PRIED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pried» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of pried
interfere · intrude · meddle · peep · peer · poke · snoop

Translation of «pried» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRIED

Find out the translation of pried to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pried from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pried» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pried
570 millions of speakers

English

pried
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pried
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نزعها
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

разжал
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pried
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পর্যবেক্ষণ করছি,
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fouillait
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pried
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ausgeforscht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

こじ開け
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

치러야
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pried
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pried
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அகலத்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Pried
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pried
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

curiosato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pried
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розтиснув
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pried
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pried
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pried
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pried
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pried
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pried

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRIED»

The term «pried» is regularly used and occupies the 86.324 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRIED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pried» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pried» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pried

EXAMPLES

2 QUOTES WITH «PRIED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pried.
1
Madhuri Dixit
I loved the time I got to spend in Denver. My boys, Arin and Ryan, were growing up. I got to spend time with them without being pried upon. There was no public scrutiny. I was free and could take them to the supermarket or to the park without being noticed or looked at.
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Laurel Lea
It was my dream that I had clenched in a fist of discontent and wouldn't release. But time had now pried every finger open. There is peace in an open and upraised hand that isn't grasping for anything.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRIED»

Discover the use of pried in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pried and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for ...
Jones, probornrn etlega' ' linnL homiu. Libertut. pried- jurat. et onernt. 'ad inquirend. pro dto. Duo. Rege quondo ' qnaliter et qnomodo praal'at. Ricus. Coole ad ' mortein suam davenit dicunt super sacrm. 'suum pried. qd. Edrus Comes Warwic.
Thomas Bayly Howell, Thomas Jones Howell, 1816
2
The Holy Bible: Containing the Old Testament and the New: ...
Awdhe mall bring the bullock unto 10 And he (lull do with the null >rk as the doors otitic tabernacle of the con- he did withthebnliockforafin-offeringi* Rogation , btiore th- LoRDjandftull lay foflullhedo with thii: and the pried (hall his hand upon ...
‎1684
3
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament, and the New: ...
Signs and tokens ; he the fkin, after that he hath of the pried for hii clcan- iliall be feen of the prielt 8 And if the pried fee, that behold, the fcah ipreadoth in the fkin □ then tae prielt ii. .l'A pronounce him unclean : it Is щ leprofy. 9 К When tiic ...
‎1774
4
Cobbett's state trials
Libertat. pried, jurat, ft onerat. ' ad inqtiirend. pro dto. Dno. Rege qiiando ' qualiter et quomodo pnelat. Ricus. Coote ad ' mortem suam devenit dicunt super sacrm. ' siiuiii pited. qd. Edrus Cornel Warwic. et ' Holland, nttper de parocli. Sti. Martini ...
Thomas Bayly Howell, Thomas Jones Howell, William Cobbett, 1812
5
Cases in Parliament: resolved and adjudged, upon petitions ...
Vobis mandamus quod ft judicium inde reddit' Jit, bine record' & process' pried' cum omnibus ea tangentibus coram Domino Cufiod' Magni Sigilli An- glia & vobis pr a fat' Thes. in Camera Confilij juxta Scaccar' pried' vo- cat' le Councel ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Sir Bartholomew Shower, 1698
6
Modern reports: or, Select cases adjudged in the courts of ...
Et idtm Rggerus in fact, dicit quod po/lea pojl cotfeclionem scripti pried, tt ante impetrationem brevis orlginal'is prted. Roger 1 in curia hie, fill. 3 1 die Julii anno domini 160,1 fit- p.radicto, quidam Thomas Neale armiger. tempore confectionis ...
Great Britain. Courts, Thomas Leach, 1793
7
The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New Etc. ...
inthewaHs ofthe ottering, and the meat-offering upon the houfevv hollow drakes, greenifh, or red- altar- andthe Pried fhall makean atone- dim, which in fight are lower then y wall; mentfornim,andheihallbeclean. 58 Then thePriert ihall go out ...
Biblia anglice, 1684
8
The Second Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: ...
Cjf antecefs' suorum, nee aliquis temporibus retroaSiis in aliquo de <vafio Similia . fiappruiavitnififatisfeccritpmd' Matild, feu /intecefs' fuis; y qute- Jiti ft pried' Matild habeat communiam in ten' de quo, <Sc. dicunt quod sic ratione maneriifui de ...
Sir Edward Coke, 1797
9
Reports of Divers Special Cases: Adjudged in the Courts of ...
procuraver. ipsum pried. T .Sands & Naverh pried, sec- tari & prosequi in aha Cur . Admiralitas Anglue Judicis tent, de eo quod ipse idem Th. Sands cum Nave prsed. suit designer, in quodam Voiagio & navigare intendebat in partcs ...
Sir Thomas Raymond, 1793
10
Chinese Feasts & Festivals: A Cookbook
Yangznou. Pried. Rice. dish meal. It can also be rice makes a good one clisn meal. _Lt can also be served as a at the end of a formal dinner. final course 4 cups (400 g) cold cooked rice 1 tablespoon oil 2 spring onions, minced i tablespoon ...
‎2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRIED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pried is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Dombrowski says Tigers still trying for playoff spot
... among the reasons opposing scouts and teams will at least ask Dombrowski this week if another free-agent-to-be might be pried from Detroit. «The Detroit News, Jul 15»
2
Palos Park Dunkin' Donuts burglarized
A burglar pried open the rear door of the Dunkin' Donuts shop in Palos Park early Sunday but only managed to get away with some coins and ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
3
The Drill: Grand for Pena, not for Kaline
His mouth had to be pried open and his tongue pulled out of his throat. He was carted off the field on a stretcher and taken to the hospital. «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jul 15»
4
Editorial: Hub's Olympic trial now officially over
The information that could be pried out of Boston 2024 wasn't very appealing. There was a high degree of over-promising in the original bid ... «Boston Herald, Jul 15»
5
Starbucks in Ferguson: New Details Emerge
We pried for more information, specifically whether CEO Howard Schultz might be in town for the opening and hit a brick wall. "At this time we ... «Riverfront Times, Jul 15»
6
'Church in Ruins'
The circumstances of this sex party, with all its exploited or delusional women and the mind-altering psychotropics, pried loose this suppressed ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»
7
Spying, undercover work employed to protect North Coast abalone …
... nylon-covered float tubes commonly used by abalone divers to store sea snails pried from the ocean floor until it's time to tow them ashore. «Petaluma Argus Courier, Jul 15»
8
Vandals damage police memorial at New Orleans cemetery
Officials had no immediate estimate of the cost of the damage, but the vandals pried off and destroyed the metal vessel housing the ... «CT Post, Jul 15»
9
Assault reported
The charges stem from a July 21 incident in which the owner of Maytag Laundry, 5048 Youngstown-Poland Road, reported that someone pried ... «Youngstown Vindicator, Jul 15»
10
Deputies seek suspects in 3 WBR church burglaries
Deputies say the thieves pried the back doors open and stole part of the church's sound systems, electric pianos, amplifiers and computers. «WAFB.com, Jul 15»

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