📖 Definitions of "Lever"
noun
- 1
(except in generalized senses below) A crowbar.
- 2
A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion.
- 3
A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a button).
- 4
A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.
verb
- 1
To move with a lever.
"With great effort and a big crowbar I managed to lever the beam off the floor."
- 2
To use, operate or move (something) like a lever (physically).
- 3
To use (something) like a lever (in an abstract sense).
- 4
To increase the share of debt in the capitalization of a business.
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