wrikken — meaning in English

English meaning

• prize noun An award given to the winner of a competition, contest, or lottery.
• pry verb To inquire into someone else's private affairs in a nosy or unwelcome way.

Senses

wrikken is used for these senses in English:

• prize To move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry.
• pry To use leverage to open, raise, or widen (something); to prise or prize.

prize — full definition

1. noun An award given to the winner of a competition, contest, or lottery.
2. noun Anything highly valued or worth striving for.
3. verb To value something very highly.
4. adj Having won an award; outstanding of its kind.

pry — full definition

1. verb To inquire into someone else's private affairs in a nosy or unwelcome way.
2. verb To force something open or lever it apart using a tool.
3. noun A tool used for levering something open, such as a crowbar.

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