n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: -eled or -elled ; -el · ing or -el · ling \ ' le-v ə -li ŋ , ' lev-li ŋ \
Date: 15th century
transitive verb
1 : to make (a line or surface) horizontal : make flat or level < level a field> < level off a house lot>
2 a : to bring to a horizontal aiming position b : AIM , DIRECT < level ed a charge of fraud>
3 : to bring to a common level or plane : EQUALIZE <love level s all ranks ― W. S. Gilbert>
4 a : to lay level with or as if with the ground : RAZE b : to knock down < level ed him with one punch>
5 : to make (as color) even or uniform
6 : to find the heights of different points in (a piece of land) especially with a surveyor's level
intransitive verb
1 : to attain or come to a level <the plane level ed off at 10,000 feet>
2 : to aim a gun or other weapon horizontally
3 : to bring persons or things to a level
4 : to deal frankly and openly