Lever

What do we mean by lever?

A simple machine consisting of a rigid bar pivoted on a fixed point and used to transmit force, as in raising or moving a weight at one end by pushing down on the other. noun

A projecting handle used to adjust or operate a mechanism. noun

A means of accomplishing; a tool. noun

To move or lift with a lever. transitive verb

To move (oneself, for example) in a manner resembling the use of a lever. transitive verb

To fund at least in part with borrowed money; leverage. transitive verb

To act upon, as raising, lowering, etc., with a lever.

An obsolete comparative of lief.

A simple machine, consisting of a bar or rigid piece of any shape, acted upon at different points by two forces which severally tend to rotate it in opposite directions about a fixed axis. noun

In special uses— In surgery, an instrument for applying power, as one of the arms of an obstetrical forceps, used in delivery as a tractor; the vectis. noun

In dentistry, an instrument used in extracting the stumps of teeth. noun

In a steam-engine, a bar used to control by hand the movement of the engine in starting or reversing it; a starting-bar. noun

In firearms, in some forms of breech-loaders, the piece by which the gun is opened or closed, as in the Douglas, Henry, and Maynard rifles. It may be a top, side, or under lever. noun

One of the chief supporters of the roof-timber of a house, being itself not a prop, but a part of the framework. noun

The lower movable board of a barn-door. noun

The first row of a fishing-net. noun

Generally, a rod or bar. noun

Rather. adverb

A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; -- used for transmitting and modifying force and motion. Specif., a bar of metal, wood, or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures. noun

(except in generalized senses below) A crowbar.

A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion.

A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a button).

A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.

An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.

1. A simple machine consisting of a rigid bar pivoted on a fixed point and used to transmit force, as in raising or moving a weight at one end by pushing down on the other. 2. A projecting handle used to adjust or operate a mechanism. 3. A ceremony at the French Court at which the King or Queen was attended by favoured courtiers and attendants, while getting out of bed and ready for the day. 4. A means of accomplishing; a tool: used friendship as a lever to obtain advancement. Urban Dictionary

Another word for a videogame controller. Urban Dictionary

A machine used to apply a lot of force to an object with very little effort by the catalyst. Urban Dictionary

A type of soap Urban Dictionary

Translates as "nevermind" Urban Dictionary

I think it's, like, a thingy you push one side of and the other side goes up, and stuff. Urban Dictionary

A lever is normally a piece of metal with a handle on the end that you pull. For example a gearstick is a type of lever. Urban Dictionary

To become very drunk or high on drugs Urban Dictionary

When you really want to hurt someone you might 'lever' them. If you want to lever someone it often means that you want to hit them in the face to cause permanent damage to their appearance. Urban Dictionary

Leveration means a punch of good words, leverate your minds indicates "elevating" your thoughts... It also means "relief" and a "revelation'... The word can indicate as well "liberty".... So the word itself has no specific meaning, ummm leveration means fighting stereotypes and rumors, and a request for being truthful and positive Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to lever:
lever, level, fever, ever, clever, leer, levee, never, liver, sever, lover, laver, leper, leger, leven, leve, leaver, bever, levet, rever, lexer, leder, levier, dever, levey, levar, jever, leber, levir, wever, kever, leier, leser, liever, luver, 4ever, klever, leever, leves, lerer, elever.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word lever:
escapement, fulcrum, levers, throttle, darcy, brake, selector, pedal, crank, pivot, clutch, bolt, knob, shutter, locking, brakes, trigger, bolton, grip, pin, grenade, harp, rotate, valve, steering, gearbox, gears, piston, sunlight, pistol, wheel, lock, gear, slide, axle, screw, torque, locks, hydraulic, hammer, pulling, barrel, cam, frame, thumb, mechanism, button, pressing, cockpit, cartridge, arm, pressed, cylinder, watches, viscount, rifle, thrust, pulled, wheels, handle, locked, shaft, switch, firing, pull, pushing, rear, brothers, soap, mounted, pump, automatic, manual, reverse, mechanical, controls, lancashire, transmission, rod, receiver, lens, signal, striker, pushed, shock, shift, weapon, fitted, suspension, attached, bros, forward, lift, machines, push, moves, box, input, door, engine.

Words that rhyme with lever:
fever, endeavor, however, endeavour, ever, clever, never, forever, beaver, sever, whatever, receiver, cleaver, whatsoever, wherever, whenever, reaver, achiever, believer, weaver, haver, retriever, whoever, whichever, whomever, heaver, trevor, deaver, nonbeliever, leaver, hay fever, whosoever, reliever, bever, underachiever, whomsoever, unilever, seaver, griever, devore, cheever, golden retriever, scarlet fever, labrador retriever, dengue fever, yellow fever, typhoid fever, meat cleaver, keever, schriever, rocky mountain spotted fever, buck fever, dever, eager beaver, hemorrhagic fever, reever, rheumatic fever, siever, television receiver, glandular fever, vandever, superheterodyne receiver, dandy fever, parrot fever, tick fever, texas fever, relapsing fever, trench fever, wever, radio receiver, satellite receiver, valley fever, chills and fever, q fever, rabbit fever, swamp fever, kever, heterodyne receiver, spotted fever, recurrent fever, shipping fever, telephone receiver, greever, mountain fever, new world beaver, typhus fever, brain fever, malta fever, deer fly fever, mckeever, mountain beaver, chesapeake bay retriever, old world beaver, splenic fever, mediterranean fever, marseilles fever, stever, kenya fever, indian tick fever, klever.

Adjectives that are often used to describe lever:
powerful, long, small, reverse, single, class, second, simple, main, bent, short, optical, important, straight, hand, weighted, right, crank, wooden, key, horizontal, effective, double, light, third, strong, front, schaumburg, vertical, lower, manual, left, mighty, rigid, pivoted, useful, armed, longer, top, mechanical, archimedean, principal, upper, separate, foot, forked, collective, arm, operated, heavy, red, gear, pneumatic, off, shaped, loaded, potent, wrong, intermediate, automatic, curved, appropriate, hydraulic, balanced, speed, correct, strongest, rear, movable, oscillating, valve, grand, slotted, schaumberg, diplomatic, tiny.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective lever:
arm, press, action, type, tracy, presses, engine, arms, system, engines, mechanism, machine, control, handles, lock, handle, watches, escapement, spring, bill, machines, bros, shaft, rule, systems, frame, act, pin, assembly, funds, balance, locks, position, principle, arrangement, positions, valve, faucet, filler, movement, faucets, law, box, screw, task, apparatus, controls, responses, mechanisms, actions, procedure, lid, watch, movements, keys, valves, motion, balances, brake, chamber, pivot, beam, gear, ferules, pressings, linkage, cutters, wood, key, crank, device, technique, setting, operation, test, switch, paradigm, dye, switches, contraction, shears, fund, stop, tube.

Consonant match to lever:
levy, levee, liver, lava, lover, laver, levi, louver, luvvie, laevo, leaver, lovey, leva, lovie, lavi, leavy, lovee, levey, levo-, laevo-, lavy, levay, leiva, leyva, lavoy, lauver, lavey, lurvey, levie, leever, leavey, la v, la ve, lai v, lava a, lave a, lave her, laveau, lavie, law v, lawver, le v, le ver, le vie, lea ve, leave a, leave e, leave he, leave her, leave high, leave i, leave o, leave ur, leave who, lee v, leigh v, leva a, levy e, li v, li ve, li vi, lieve i, live a, live e, live he, live her, live v, livvie, lo ve, lo vi, lo vo, louw v, love a, love e, love he, love her, love high, love i, love v, low v, lowe v.

Words that sound like lever:
lever, lover, liver, lavour, leaver, laver, livre, louver, leever, loover, lauver, clever, lair, leisure, levy, levee, lev, leasure, lare, levers, lecher, leva, levs, laire, letcher, klever, lenger, lere, levered, lehr, leor, levert, levier, llevar, lvr, haver, chevre, chever, love, live, lives, loves, lovers, linger, liv, oliver, lier, sliver, lear, lov, leer, lovey, glover, luv, lovee, livery, livers, livy, lovie, livi, lir, plover, livvy, luve, laverne, leir, claver, lunger, livered, luvs, lyr, lavie, lavar, lovern, lavern, lovery, livor, luvvie, love's, leere, luvvy, luverne, le havre, llyr, luffer, laveer, flavor, clover, flavour, hover, cleaver, allover, all over, la vie, cliver, klaver, all-over, kluver, glaver, la verne.