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| NOUN | 1 | lever | A rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum |
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| 2 | lever | A simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum | |
| 3 | lever, lever tumbler | A flat metal tumbler in a lever lock | |
| VERB | 1 | lever, pry, prise, prize, jimmy | To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open |
| Sounds | leh'ver; liy'ver |
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| Rhymes | achiever, aver, beaver / Beaver, and 107 more rhymes in ver... |
| Meaning | A rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum. |
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| Parts | fulcrum |
| Broader | bar |
| Narrower | compound lever; crowbar, wrecking bar, pry, pry bar; gun trigger, trigger; hand throttle; key; peavey, peavy, cant dog; pedal, treadle, foot pedal, foot lever; pinch bar; ripping bar; rocker arm, valve rocker; spark lever; stick, control stick, joystick; tappet; tiller; tire iron, tire tool |
| Verbs | lever |
| Meaning | A simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum. |
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| Broader | machine, simple machine |
| Verbs | lever |
| Meaning | A flat metal tumbler in a lever lock. |
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| Synonyms | lever tumbler |
| Part of | lever lock |
| Broader | tumbler |
| Meaning | To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Synonyms | pry, prise, prize, jimmy |
| Broader | open, open up |
| Entails | loosen, loose |
| Nouns | lever; leverage; lever |
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