Sometimes when you have a vent in not so good condition, you have to pry it open. You can do this using a screw driver, the back of a hammer, or anything else that is flat and hard.
Definition for pry
pry open the door, pry open the lid on that jar, pry open that box, etc.
Pry
The past tense of "pry" would be "pried".
If I can just pry this old lock loose, we can get inside, out of the rain. I wouldn't want to pry into any of your business.
Inquire. Pry implies force.
The web address of the Pry House Field Hospital Museum is: http://www.civilwarmed.org/pry-house-field-hospital-museum/visit-the-pry-house
Pull using something else as leverage as in with a pry bar.
The point at which the pry bar pivots is called the fulcrum. It is the fixed point around which the pry bar rotates to exert force on an object.
pry..... as is pry open that jar.
The past tense of "pry" is spelled "pried."
The word "privacy" is pronounced "PRY-vuh-see."