'lever' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'lever' with 4 example sentences.
- lever noun
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: a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
: a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum
: a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock
- lever verb
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: to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
You can adjust the seat height by moving the adjustment lever up.
Leverage is to debt as lever is to what?
Please push up the lever.
They lifted the rock by means of a lever.