lever
noun
[ ˈliːvə ]
• a rigid bar resting on a pivot, used to move a heavy or firmly fixed load with one end when pressure is applied to the other.
• "a tyre lever"
lever
verb
• lift or move with a lever.
• "she levered the lid off the pot with a screwdriver"
Similar:
prise,
force,
wrench,
pull,
wrest,
twist,
rip,
strain,
tug,
jerk,
heave,
move,
shift,
dislodge,
jemmy,
raise,
lift,
hoist,
haul,
pry,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French levier, leveor, from lever ‘to lift’.
