lever
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
Types & categories
- bar hypernym
- compound lever hyponym
- crowbar hyponym
- trigger hyponym
- hand throttle hyponym
- key hyponym
- peavey hyponym
- treadle hyponym
- pinch bar hyponym
- ripping bar hyponym
- rocker arm hyponym
- spark lever hyponym
- joystick hyponym
- tappet hyponym
- tiller hyponym
- tire iron hyponym
Parts & wholes
- fulcrum part meronym
Related & opposite
- pry derivation
Sense 2 verb
to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
The burglar jimmied the lock
Types & categories
- open hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum
Types & categories
- simple machine hypernym
Related & opposite
- pry derivation
Sense 4 noun
a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock
Types & categories
- tumbler hypernym
Parts & wholes
- lever lock part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pry |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | fulcrum |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bar |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | compound lever |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | crowbar |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trigger |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hand throttle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | key |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | peavey |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | treadle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pinch bar |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ripping bar |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rocker arm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spark lever |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | joystick |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tappet |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tiller |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tire iron |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crowbar |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | jimmy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lever |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lever |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | leverage |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | loosen |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | open |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pry |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | simple machine |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | lever lock |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | tumbler |