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lever::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | lever tumbler |
| Type of | tumbler |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | bar |
| Has types | control stick, crowbar, dog hook, foot lever, foot pedal, gun trigger, hand throttle, joystick, key, peavey, peavy, pedal, pinch bar, pry, cant dog, compound lever, tiller, tire iron, tire tool, treadle, trigger, valve rocker, wrecking bar, pry bar, ripping bar, rocker arm, spark lever, stick, tappet |
lever::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | machine, simple machine |
Examples of lever
lever
That's it, no clutch, no gear lever and, strangest of all, practically no sound.
From the telegraph.co.uk
So next time when you are in the voting booth, THINK, don't just pull the lever.
From the dailyherald.com
First and third drain lever valves were not working to hold water in 3-bay sink.
From the toledoblade.com
A steeper angled yield curve could lever bank earnings by as much as 20 percent.
From the forbes.com
A seated rower pulls on one or two oars, which lever the boat through the water.
From the en.wikipedia.org
By comparison, rats that received saline solution did not press the lever often.
From the newscientist.com
The flashes were generated by tilting the mirror with a lever mounted behind it.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The clutch pedal is well weighted and the tall gear lever is reasonably precise.
From the smh.com.au
The point is to take away the ultimate economic lever from the financial sector.
From the business.time.com
- A rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
- Pry: to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"
- A simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum
- A flat metal tumbler in a lever lock
- In physics, a lever (from French lever, "to raise", c.f. a levant) is a rigid object that is used with an appropriate fulcrum or point to multiply the mechanical force (effort) that can be applied to another object (load). ...
- Tourist Group, now with a trading name of Southern Coach Hire, is the name covering a group of southern (English) bus and coach operators. All of the operators are subsidiaries of Wilts & Dorset, which is itself part of the much larger Go-Ahead Group.
- Lever is a surname. People with that name include: *Johnny Lever, a Bollywood actor *William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English industrialist and Member of Parliament; the primary founder of Lever Brothers. ...
- (levered) Equipped with a lever or levers
- (Levering) useful term describing a score of 1 under double par. Sounds much nicer than a 9 on a par 5. Gimme a Levering on that one!
