lev|er

lev|er
lev|er «LEHV uhr, LEE vuhr», noun, verb.
–n.
1. a) a bar which rests on a fixed support called a fulcrum and is used to transmit force and motion especially by moving a weight at one end in response to the force of pushing down at the other end, much like the action of a seesaw. The lever is a simple machine. b) a bar working on the same principle as the lever, used to control machinery, such as the gearshift lever in an automobile.
2. any bar working on an axis for support, such as a crowbar or handspike, used to pry: »

the brake lever of an automobile.

3. Figurative. a means of exerting control or achieving a purpose: »

threat of a strike as a lever to obtain better wages. They believed that they had discovered the levers by which to regulate the processes of human society (Edmund Wilson).

–v.t.
to move, lift, or push, with a lever: »

It was partly buried in the sand and they were trying to lever it up with rusty iron bars, found on the beach (London Times).

–v.i.
to use a lever.
╂[< Old French leveor < lever to raise < Latin levāre < levis light2]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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