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Levels

A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.

📖 Definitions of "Levels"

noun

1
A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
"Hand me the level so I can tell if this is correctly installed."
2
A distance relative to a given reference elevation.
"By the end of the day, we'd dug down to the level of the old basement floor."
3
Degree or amount.
"The sound level is much too high; this hurts my ears. We've reached a new level of success."
4
Achievement or qualification.
"She achieved a high level of distinction."

verb

1
To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.
"You can level the table by turning the pads that screw into the feet."
2
To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
"The hurricane leveled the forest."
3
To progress to the next level.
"I levelled after defeating the dragon."
4
To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc).
"He levelled an accusation of fraud at the directors. The hunter levels the gun before taking a shot."

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
horizontalnoun	A horizontal component of a structure.
flatnoun	An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water).
planenoun	An airplane; an aeroplane.
stagenoun	A phase.
storeynoun	A floor or level of a building or ship.
spirit levelnoun	(tool) A tool employing a chamber with a colored liquid (usually alcohol, hence spirit) and an air bubble, used to determine a horizontal or vertical reference line.
evennoun	(mathematics, diminutive) An even number.
even outverb	(ambitransitive) To make or become more even.
floornoun	(countable) The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
pointnoun	A small dot or mark.
tiernoun	A row or range, especially one at a higher or lower level than another.
storynoun	An account of real or fictional events.
pull downverb	(transitive) To make (something) lower (especially of clothes).
take downverb	To remove something from a website.
level offverb	(intransitive, idiomatic) To get to a stable level; to cease climbing, descending, or oscillating.
tear downverb	(transitive) To demolish.
rasenoun	An act of cutting, scraping, or scratching; also, an erasure.
gradenoun	(chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) Performance on a test or other evaluation(s), expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.
razenoun	A swinging fence in a watercourse to prevent cattle passing through.
chargenoun	The amount of money levied for a service.