Press down on the lever.
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Lever
/ˈliː.və/
Synonyms for "lever" (115 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (35)
derrickdevicedummydupeerectorforkliftgantry craneget a footholdget leveragego betweengo-betweenhandmaidhandmaidenhandspikehoisthydraulic tailgateimplementinstrumentinteragentintermediary
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Related words (57)
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More general
16 entriesMore specific
12 entriesbrake leverchange lever armclutch leverfirst class levergear leverincrease torquelift on fulcrumpry openreduce effortsecond class leverthird class levertilt about fulcrum
Collocations
10 entriesapply a leverfirst class leverfulcruminput forcelever armlever the loadlong levermechanical advantageoutput forceshort lever
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
128 translations across 76 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- hefboom noun (rigid piece)
Albanian
2 entries- levë noun (rigid piece)
- lloz noun (rigid piece)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μοχλός noun (rigid piece)
Arabic
4 entries- رَافِعَة noun (rigid piece)
- عَتَلَة noun (rigid piece)
- مُحْل noun (rigid piece)
- مُخْل noun (rigid piece)
Armenian
1 entries- լծակ noun (rigid piece)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ling noun (rigid piece)
Bashkir
1 entries- һалмауыр noun (rigid piece)
Basque
2 entries- altxaprima noun (rigid piece)
- palanka noun (rigid piece)
Belarusian
3 entries- вага́р noun (rigid piece)
- падва́жнік noun (rigid piece)
- рыча́г noun (rigid piece)
Bengali
1 entries- লিভার noun (rigid piece)
Bulgarian
1 entries- лост noun (rigid piece)
Burmese
1 entries- ကုတ် noun (rigid piece)
Catalan
2 entries- alçaprem noun (rigid piece)
- palanca noun (rigid piece)
Central Melanau
2 entries- suwil noun (rigid piece)
- tuwaih noun (rigid piece)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 槓桿 /杠杆 noun (rigid piece)
Classical Nahuatl
1 entries- cuammītl noun (rigid piece)
Czech
1 entries- páka noun (rigid piece)
Danish
1 entries- vægtstang noun (rigid piece)
Dutch
1 entries- hefboom noun (rigid piece)
Esperanto
3 entries- baskulo noun (rigid piece)
- levilo noun (rigid piece)
- levstango noun (rigid piece)
Estonian
1 entries- kang noun (rigid piece)
Finnish
2 entries- vipu noun (rigid piece)
- vivuttaa verb (to use like a lever)
French
1 entries- levier noun (rigid piece)
Galician
4 entries- alzaprema noun (rigid piece)
- bimbarra noun (rigid piece)
- cambón noun (rigid piece)
- gurra noun (rigid piece)
Georgian
1 entries- ბერკეტი noun (rigid piece)
German
1 entries- Hebel noun (rigid piece)
Greek
1 entries- μοχλός noun (rigid piece)
Gujarati
1 entries- ઉચ્ચાલક noun (rigid piece)
Hebrew
1 entries- מָנוֹף noun (rigid piece)
Hindi
2 entries- उत्तोलक noun (rigid piece)
- लीवर noun (rigid piece)
Hungarian
2 entries- emelő noun (rigid piece)
- emelőrúd noun (rigid piece)
Icelandic
2 entries- lyftistöng noun (rigid piece)
- vogarstöng noun (rigid piece)
Indonesian
2 entries- pengungkit noun (rigid piece)
- tuas noun (rigid piece)
Irish
1 entries- luamhán noun (rigid piece)
Italian
1 entries- leva noun (rigid piece)
Japanese
1 entries- 梃子 noun (rigid piece)
Kazakh
1 entries- иінтірек noun (rigid piece)
Khmer
2 entries- គម្នាស់ noun (rigid piece)
- ដងថ្លឹង noun (rigid piece)
Korean
1 entries- 지레 noun (rigid piece)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- рычаг noun (rigid piece)
Lao
3 entries- ຊະແລງ noun (rigid piece)
- ລີ້ນ noun (rigid piece)
- ໄມ້ງັດ noun (rigid piece)
Latin
1 entries- vectis noun (rigid piece)
Latvian
1 entries- svira noun (rigid piece)
Lithuanian
2 entries- svertas noun (rigid piece)
- svirtis noun (rigid piece)
Macedonian
1 entries- лост noun (rigid piece)
Malay
4 entries- pengumpil noun (rigid piece)
- pengungkil noun (rigid piece)
- pengungkit noun (rigid piece)
- tuas noun (rigid piece)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഉത്തോലകം noun (rigid piece)
Mongolian
1 entries- хөшүүрэг noun (rigid piece)
Māori
3 entries- hua noun (rigid piece)
- kauwhiti noun (rigid piece)
- tūwhiti noun (rigid piece)
Newar
1 entries- थिँभः noun (rigid piece)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- vektstang noun (rigid piece)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- vektstong noun (rigid piece)
Pashto
4 entries- اړم noun (rigid piece)
- اړمی noun (rigid piece)
- خريز noun (rigid piece)
- دغری noun (rigid piece)
Persian
1 entries- اهرم noun (rigid piece)
Polish
4 entries- drążek noun (rigid piece)
- dźwignia noun (rigid piece)
- lewar noun (rigid piece)
- wajcha noun (rigid piece)
Portuguese
1 entries- alavanca noun (rigid piece)
Romanian
1 entries- pârghie noun (rigid piece)
Russian
1 entries- рыча́г noun (rigid piece)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pòluga noun (rigid piece)
- по̀луга noun (rigid piece)
Slovak
1 entries- páka noun (rigid piece)
Slovene
1 entries- vzvod noun (rigid piece)
Spanish
2 entries- palanca noun (rigid piece)
- centrarse en verb (to use like a lever)
Swedish
1 entries- hävstång noun (rigid piece)
Tagalog
1 entries- dalawit noun (rigid piece)
Tajik
3 entries- дастак noun (rigid piece)
- фашанг noun (rigid piece)
- фишанг noun (rigid piece)
Tamil
1 entries- நெம்புகோல் noun (rigid piece)
Telugu
1 entries- తులాదండము noun (rigid piece)
Thai
1 entries- คาน noun (rigid piece)
Turkish
1 entries- kaldıraç noun (rigid piece)
Turkmen
1 entries- leňňer noun (rigid piece)
Ukrainian
3 entries- ва́жіль noun (rigid piece)
- підва́га noun (rigid piece)
- підо́йма noun (rigid piece)
Urdu
1 entries- لیور noun (rigid piece)
Uzbek
3 entries- dastak noun (rigid piece)
- pishang noun (rigid piece)
- richag noun (rigid piece)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đòn bẩy noun (rigid piece)
Walloon
2 entries- djîsse noun (rigid piece)
- levî noun (rigid piece)
West-Frisian
2 entries- hefaerm noun (rigid piece)
- hefbeam noun (rigid piece)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
The screw, the lever, the wedge, the pulley, etc. are called simple machines.
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They lifted the rock by means of a lever.
Source: tatoeba (305732)
You can adjust the seat height by moving the adjustment lever up.
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