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lever

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The meaning (definition) of the word lever

a long bar used to lift heavy things

The word lever used in a sentence

You can use a lever to lift a heavy rock.

Words that mean the same as lever (synonyms)

barhandle

The plural of the word lever

levers

How the word lever is said around the world

Frenchlevier (luhvyay)
Spanishpalanca (pahlahnkah)
Mandarin杠杆 (gàng gǎn)
Hindiउत्तोलक (uutohluhk)
Arabicرافعة (rahfeeah)
Russianрычаг (rychag)
Portuguese (EU)alavanca (uhluhvuhnngkuh)
Portuguese (BR)alavanca (ahlahvuhnngka)
Japaneseレバー (rebaa)
GermanHebel (haybuhl)
Urduلیور (layvuhr)
Punjabiਲੀਵਰ (leevuhr)
Korean지렛대 (jiresdae)
Hebrewמָנוֹף (mahnohf)
Greekμοχλός (mokhlos)
Dutchhefboom (hevbohm)
Tagalogpingga (peenggah)
Vietnamesecần gạt (kuhn ghaht)
Turkishkaldıraç (kahldurahch)
Persianاهرم (ahrohm)
Polishdźwignia (jveegnyah)
Ukrainianважіль (vazhil)
Bengaliলিভার (leebahr)
Swedishspak (spahk)
Italianleva (levah)

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