prying

«prying» in Mova's school dictionary: too curious about other people's business, and always… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (more prying, most prying)

meaning for a pupil

Prying means too curious about other people's business, and always wanting to find out secrets. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a nosy person who looks into things that other people keep private, often getting into trouble for it

examples

• The prying boy looked in every drawer. tree →
• Nobody likes prying neighbours. tree →
• Stop being so prying and mind your own business. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «prying» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.