lever
/ˈlɛv.ɚ/ verb C2- To move with a lever. · With great effort and a big crowbar I managed to lever the beam off the floor.
- To use, operate or move (something) like a lever (physically).
- To use (something) like a lever (in an abstract sense).
He/she/it levers · Past levered · Past participle levered · -ing form levering
Verb forms
- Base form
- lever
- He/she/it
- levers
- Past
- levered
- Past participle
- levered
- -ing form
- levering
From the library
“I made myself some; and with the exception of a file, I have all that are necessary,—a chisel, pincers, and lever.”
More than a year had been consumed in this undertaking, the only tools for which had been a chisel, a knife, and a wooden lever; Faria still continuing to instruct Dantès by conversing with him, sometimes in one language, sometimes in another; at others, relating to him the history of nations and great men who from time to time have risen to fame and trodden the path of glory.
Dantès went and cut the strongest olive-tree he could find, stripped off its branches, inserted it in the hole, and used it as a lever.
The intrepid treasure-seeker walked round it, and, selecting the spot from whence it appeared most susceptible to attack, placed his lever in one of the crevices, and strained every nerve to move the mass.
Other matches
Learn lever in real texts
With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.