lever

Meaning

Noun

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a switch or a button).
4. A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.
5. An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.
6. (obsolete) A crowbar.

Verb

1. To move with a lever.
2. To use, operate or move (something) like a lever (physically).
3. To use (something) like a lever (in an abstract sense).
4. To increase the share of debt in the capitalization of a business.

Adv

Rather.

Synonyms

crowbar

lift

raise

pry

prize

prise

jimmy

elevate

handle

heave

pole

crank

hoist

jack

bar

heaver

lever tumbler

breed

keep

knob

stick

switch

wedge

farm

rear

force

jumper

winch

bell-push

door latch

bandspike

gavelock

controlling handle

pry up

pinch bar

lever scale

billot

iron jumper

iron lever

arm

lever pry bar

cam

channel

club

crow-bar

expertness

heighten

jemmy

keystone

leverage

lever arm

lift up

means

move

open

perch

post

prop

push

rammer

rod

roll

seesaw

shaft

staff

teeter-totter

wake up

Hyphenated as

le‧ver

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈliː.və/

Etymology

From Middle English lever, levore, levour, from Old French leveor, leveur (“a lifter, lever (also Old French and French levier)”), from Latin levātor (“a lifter”), from levō (“to raise”). Doublet of levator.