kangeta — meaning in English

English meaning

• crowbar noun A steel bar, usually with a curved, flattened end, used as a lever to pry things apart or force them open.
• prise verb To open something using a lever or similar tool.
• 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

kangeta is used for these senses in English:

• crowbar (transitive) To force to move, usually with a crowbar; to prise.
• prise To force (open) with a lever; to pry.
• 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.

crowbar — full definition

1. noun A steel bar, usually with a curved, flattened end, used as a lever to pry things apart or force them open.
2. verb To force open or move using a crowbar, or by similar forceful means.

prise — full definition

1. verb To open something using a lever or similar tool.
2. verb To get hold of something that is hard to obtain.

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