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prowl / praul / verb ( prowls , prowl - ing , prowled )

(used about an animal that is hunting or a person who is waiting for a chance to do something bad) to move around an area quietly so that no one sees or hears you I could hear someone prowling around outside.

prune / prun / noun [count]

a dried plum (= a soft round fruit that grows on trees )

pry / prai / verb ( pries , pry - ing , pried , has pried )

1 to try to find out about someone else's private life

don't mean to pry, but is everything okay between you and Sam?

to use force to open something, remove a lid, etc. He pried the door open with a steel bar.

P.S. / ,pi ' es / abbreviation

You write P.S. at the end of a letter, after your name, when

you want to add something

... Love from Paul. P.S. I'll bring the car.

pseu • do • nym / ' sudsnim / noun [ count ]

a name used by someone, especially a writer, that is not their real name

Samuel Clemens wrote under the pseudonym Mark Twain.

psy • chi • a • trist / sai 'kaistrist / noun [count]

a doctor who helps people who have a mental illness

psy • chi • a • try / saikaistri / noun [noncount]

( HEALTH ) the study and treatment of mental illness During medical school, she decided to specialize in psychiatry.

psy • chic / ' saikik / adjective

having unusual powers that cannot be explained, for example knowing what someone else is thinking

psy • cho • log • i • cal |awl| / ,saiks ' iad3iki /

adjective

( HEALTH ) connected with the mind or the way it works psychological problems

psy • chol • o • gy AWL / sai 'kalsd3i / noun [noncount]

the study of the mind and how it works

psy • chol • o • gist AWL / sai 'kalsd3ist / noun [count]

a person who studies psychology

psy • cho • path / ' saiksp®e / noun

[count]

a person who has a serious mental illness that makes them behave in a violent way toward other people

pt.

abbreviation of pint

pu • ber • ty / ' pyubsrti / noun [ noncount ]

( BIOLOGY ) the time when a child's body is changing and becoming like that of an adult

pub .lie 1 Ф / p\blik/ adjective

connected with everyone; for everyone Pollution is a danger to public health.

a public park

known by many people

We're going to make the news public soon.

pub • lic • ly / ' pAblikli / adverb to everyone; not secretly

She spoke publicly about her friendship with the actor.

pub .lie 2Ф / ' pAblik / noun the public [singular]

people in general; everyone

The museum is open to the public between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

in public

when other people are there I don't want to talk about it in public.

—ANTONYM in private

pub • li • ca • tion AWB / ^bls' keijn / noun

[ noncount ] when a book, magazine, etc. is made and sold

He became very rich after the publication of his first book.

[ count ] a book, magazine, etc.

pub • lic • i • ty / pAb' lissti / noun [noncount]

giving information about something so that people know about it

There was a lot of publicity for the new store.

pub • li • cize / ' pAblasaiz / verb

(pub li . ciz es, pub . li . ciz . ing , pub . li . cized )

to attract people's attention to something and give them information about it

We need to publicize the event if we want to sell more tickets.

pub • lic re •la • tions / ^ьы ri leijnz /

noun [ noncount ] ( abbreviation PR )

the business of providing information about someone or something, in order to give people a good impression of them

She works in public relations.

pub • lic school / ' pAblik skul / noun [ count ]