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Word: lever
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Meaning:
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Noun:
- A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a button)
- mechanics A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.
- mechanics An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.
- mechanics A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the ''fulcrum''), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion.
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Verb:
- especially|_|UK|finance To increase the share of debt in the capitalization of a business.
- figurative transitive To lever.
- transitive To lever.
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