1 a handle used to operate a vehicle or piece of machinery:
Pull the lever towards you to adjust the speed.
seealsoGEARLEVER
2 a long piece of wood, metal, etc. used for lifting or opening sth by sb placing one end of it under an object and pushing down on the other end:
We had to use a lever to prise open the window.
3 ~ (for / against sth) an action that is used to put pressure on sb to do sth they do not want to do:
The threat of sanctions is our most powerful lever for peace.
verb to move sth with a lever: [VN+adv./prep.] I levered the lid off the pot with a knife. * [VN-ADJ] They managed to lever the door open.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for lever is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is lever a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, lever is tagged as noun.
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