lever

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.3 Derived terms 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Adverb 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.4 External links 1.5 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Pronunciation 2.1.2 Noun 2.1.2.1 Inflection 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Pronunciation 2.2.2 Verb 2.3 Etymology 3 2.3.1 Pronunciation 2.3.2 Verb 3 Dutch 3.1 Etymology 1 3.1.1 Noun 3.1.1.1 Derived terms 3.2 Etymology 2 3.2.1 Verb form 4 French 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Verb 4.3.1 Antonyms 4.3.2 Related terms 4.3.3 Conjugation 4.4 Noun 4.5 Anagrams 5 Hungarian 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Pronunciation 5.3 Verb 6 Latin 6.1 Verb 7 Middle English 7.1 Adverb 8 Norwegian 8.1 Etymology 1 8.1.1 Noun 8.2 Etymology 2 8.2.1 Verb form 9 Swedish 9.1 Pronunciation 9.2 Etymology 1 9.2.1 Noun 9.3 Etymology 2 9.3.1 Verb form

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

• (Canadian, US) IPA: /ˈliː.vɚ/, /ˈlɛ.vɚ/, SAMPA: /li:"v@`/, /lE"v@`/
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  Rhymes: -ɛvə(r), -iːvə(r)

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old French leveor, leveur (“‘a lifter, lever (also Old French and French levier)’”) < Latin levator (“‘a lifter’”) < levare, past part. levatus (“‘to raise’”); see levant. Cf. alleviate, elevate, leaven.

[edit] Noun

lever (plural levers)

1. (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.
   1. Specifically, a bar of metal, wood or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures.
2. A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a button)
3. (mechanics) A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.
4. (mechanics) An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.

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[edit] Verb

to lever (third-person singular simple present levers, present participle levering, simple past and past participle levered)

1. (transitive) To move with a lever.

   With great effort and a big crowbar I managed to lever the beam off the floor.

2. (figuratively) (transitive) To use, operate like a lever.
3. (chiefly British, finance) To increase the share of debt in the capitalization of a business.
   • 1989 Jun 26, “Corporate America wants its privacy”, Minneapolis Star-Tribune:

     "The equity holders want you to 'lever up,' use as much debt as you can," said David Stanley, chairman of Kansas City-based Payless Cashways,

[edit] Derived terms

• leverage
• compound lever
• lever escapement
• lever jack
• lever watch
• universal lever

[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle English comparative of leve (“‘dear’”) of Germanic origin (cf. German lieb) or lief.

[edit] Adverb

lever (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Rather.
   • 1530, John Heywood, The Four PP

     for I had lever be without ye / Then have suche besines about ye

   • 1537, William Tyndale et al, "Jonah", in The Byble

     Now therefore take my life from me, for I had lever die then live.

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faery Queene

     For lever had I die than see his deadly face.

[edit] Translations

• Dutch: eer(der)

[edit] External links

• lever in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• lever in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: eelrv
• elver
• revel

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[edit] Danish

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse lifr.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /levər/, [lewˀɐ]

[edit] Noun

lever c. (singular definite leveren, plural indefinite levere)

1. liver

[edit] Inflection

[edit] Etymology 2

See leve (“‘to live’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /leːvər/, [ˈleːvɐ]

[edit] Verb

lever

1. Present of leve.

[edit] Etymology 3

See levere (“‘to deliver’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /lever/, [leˈveˀɐ]

[edit] Verb

lever or levér

1. Imperative of levere.

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology 1

Germanic, cognate with liver, German Leber, Norwegian and Swedish lever etc.

[edit] Noun

lever (plural levers, diminutive levertje, diminutive plural levertjes) m. and f.

1. (anatomy) The organ liver
2. An edible animal liver as a dish or culinary ingredient

[edit] Derived terms

• (by species) ganzenlever, kalfslever, kippenlever, rundslever, varkenslever
• leverbloem
• leverbotziekte
• leverextract n.
• leverkaas m.
• leverkleurig
• leverpastei
• levertraan m.
• levertumor
• leverworst
• leverziekte

[edit] Etymology 2

cognate with deliver, German liefern

[edit] Verb form

lever

1. simple present 1st person singular of leveren
2. imperative of leveren

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Latin levare (“‘to elevate’”) < levis (“‘light, not heavy’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Verb

lever

1. (transitive) To raise, to lift
2. (reflexive) To rise
3. (reflexive) To get up (out of bed)

   Je me lève, je me lave.

   I get up, I wash.

[edit] Antonyms

• baisser

[edit] Related terms

• levage m.
• levant, Levant, Levantin m.
• levé
• lève
• lève-Dieu
• levée
• se lever
• lever du soleil
• lève-tard
• leveur m.
• levure

[edit] Conjugation

• This verb is conjugated mostly like the regular -er verbs (parler and chanter and so on), but the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ before a silent or schwa -e-. For example, in the third-person singular present indicative, we have il lève rather than *il leve. Other verbs conjugated this way include acheter and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.

[edit] Noun

lever m. (plural levers)

1. The act of getting up in the morning
2. The morning ritual, extremely elaborated in Versailles

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: eelrv
• lèvre

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Etymology

le- + ver

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlɛvɛr/
• Hyphenation: le‧ver

[edit] Verb

lever

1. (transitive) To knock down

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Verb

lēver

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of lēvō.

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[edit] Middle English

[edit] Adverb

lever

1. (obsolete) Rather.

   For him was lever have at his bed's head
   Twenty bookes, clad in black or red,
   . . . Than robes rich, or fithel, or gay sawtrie. —The Cantebury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer

   But lever than this worldés good
   She would have wist how that it stood —Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins, John Gower.

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Etymology 1

Germanic, cognate with liver, Dutch lever, German Leber, Swedish lever

[edit] Noun

lever m. (definite singular leveren; indefinite plural levere; definite plural leverne)

1. (anatomy) A liver

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Verb form

lever

1. present tense of leve

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[edit] Swedish

Inflection for lever	Singular		Plural
Common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lever	levern	levrar	levrarna
Genitive	levers	leverns	levrars	levrarnas

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Etymology 1

Germanic, cognate with liver, Dutch lever, German Leber, Norwegian lever

[edit] Noun

lever

1. (anatomy) A liver

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Verb form

lever

1. present tense of leva