LEVER


Meaning of LEVER in English

n. 25B6; noun

you can insert a lever and prise the rail off : CROWBAR, bar, jemmy.

he pulled the lever : HANDLE, grip, pull, switch.

25B6; verb he levered the door open : PRISE, force, wrench, pull, wrest, heave; N. Amer. pry; informal jemmy.

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