--- title: L — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 16 description: The 644 words of the English dictionary under L, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/16/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / L # L — The English dictionary · page 16 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* To make something smaller, weaker or less: to lessen pain, noise or danger.[↗](../../lessen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To become smaller, weaker or less.[↗](../../lessen/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wearing a helmet lessens the danger of hurting your head.[↗](../../lessen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The medicine lessened the pain in my tooth.[↗](../../lessen/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The rain lessened, so we went outside.[↗](../../lessen/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Talking about it lessened my worry.[↗](../../lessen/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Planting trees can lessen flooding.[↗](../../lessen/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn the music down to lessen the noise.[↗](../../lessen/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The number of pupils with colds lessened after the holidays.[↗](../../lessen/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It thanked the Princess most heartily for her goodness, and said that its sufferings had already been greatly lessened.[↗](../../lessen/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **lesser** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Lesser means smaller in amount or size: the lesser of two numbers.[↗](../../lesser/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Lesser means less important or not as good: a lesser prize.[↗](../../lesser/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «The lesser of two evils» is the less bad of two bad choices.[↗](../../lesser/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In names of animals and plants, lesser means the smaller kind: the lesser spotted woodpecker.[↗](../../lesser/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Which is the lesser number, 34 or 43?[↗](../../lesser/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Subtract the lesser number from the greater.[↗](../../lesser/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The lesser amount is 12.[↗](../../lesser/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Choose the lesser of the two prices.[↗](../../lesser/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Staying home was the lesser of two evils.[↗](../../lesser/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He won a lesser prize at the science fair.[↗](../../lesser/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The lesser panda is also called the red panda.[↗](../../lesser/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · To a lesser degree, the cold also hurt the crops.[↗](../../lesser/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · There were two festivals of this name, the Lesser and the Greater Panathenaea.[↗](../../lesser/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars.[↗](../../lesser/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.1.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lesser/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And from the bottom upon the ground to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth a cubit.[↗](../../lesser/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.43.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lesser/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **lesson** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lesson is a time when you are taught something: a maths lesson.[↗](../../lesson/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A lesson is something you learn from what happens to you.[↗](../../lesson/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* That taught me a lesson.[↗](../../lesson/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A lesson can be a part of a book or course to study.[↗](../../lesson/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Today's lesson: Sharing equally.[↗](../../lesson/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Today's lesson: Multiplying as equal groups.[↗](../../lesson/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each lesson lasts 40 minutes.[↗](../../lesson/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I have a swimming lesson on Saturday.[↗](../../lesson/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our first lesson today is science.[↗](../../lesson/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The tortoise and the hare teaches a lesson: slow and steady wins.[↗](../../lesson/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I learned my lesson: always save my work.[↗](../../lesson/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We have 5 lessons each day.[↗](../../lesson/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Oh, I took a lesson from the Ass."[↗](../../lesson/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **lest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* In case; to avoid the risk that something will happen.[↗](../../lest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* lest when thou hast eaten and art satisfied, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;[↗](../../lest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.8.12, JPS 1917) · Hasten, lest you should be too late!'[↗](../../lest/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (The Orange Fairy Book) · But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said: 'Lest peradventure harm befall him.'[↗](../../lest/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.42.4, JPS 1917) **let** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To allow someone to do something.[↗](../../let/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Mum let me stay up."[↗](../../let/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* "Let's" (let us) suggests doing something together.[↗](../../let/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Let's go!"[↗](../../let/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To allow something to move: let go, let in, let out.[↗](../../let/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To rent a house or room (British).[↗](../../let/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* To allow someone to do something.[↗](../../let/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Let me help you.[↗](../../let/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's play outside.[↗](../../let/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad let us watch a film.[↗](../../let/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Let go of the rope slowly.[↗](../../let/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Please let the dog in.[↗](../../let/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't let me down.[↗](../../let/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Let x be the number of apples.[↗](../../let/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Let me know when you are ready.[↗](../../let/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Well," says she, "let's see now.[↗](../../let/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And after that he will let you go.[↗](../../let/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.3.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../let/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Let them go and gather straw for themselves.[↗](../../let/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.5.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../let/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Let peoples serve thee, and nations bow down to thee.[↗](../../let/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.27.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../let/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And let it repent Thee concerning Thy servants.[↗](../../let/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.90.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../let/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.[↗](../../let/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.4.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../let/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · I pray you, let us leave off this exaction.[↗](../../let/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.5.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../let/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · And after that he will let you go.[↗](../../let/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.3.20, JPS 1917) · "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Let down your hair."[↗](../../let/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Grimm's Fairy Stories) · He let the letter Sheen (ש) predominate in primitive fire, crowned it, combined one with the other, and formed by them, heaven in the world, heat in the year, and the head of male and female.[↗](../../let/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) **letdown** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) A letdown is a disappointment, something that was not as good as you hoped.[↗](../../letdown/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb phrase) To let someone down is to disappoint them by not doing what you promised.[↗](../../letdown/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ending of the film was a real letdown.[↗](../../letdown/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · After all the waiting, the fireworks were a letdown.[↗](../../letdown/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a letdown when the trip was cancelled.[↗](../../letdown/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't let your team down.[↗](../../letdown/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The new game was a letdown.[↗](../../letdown/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · What a letdown — the pool was closed\![↗](../../letdown/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **lethal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Lethal means able to kill; deadly.[↗](../../lethal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Very dangerous or very effective: «a lethal shot».[↗](../../lethal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Some mushrooms are lethal if eaten.[↗](../../lethal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The box jellyfish has a lethal sting.[↗](../../lethal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Carbon monoxide gas can be lethal.[↗](../../lethal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mixing cleaning products can make lethal fumes.[↗](../../lethal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The striker is lethal in front of goal.[↗](../../lethal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep medicines away from small children; some are lethal.[↗](../../lethal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **lethargy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Lethargy is a heavy feeling of having no energy and not wanting to do anything.[↗](../../lethargy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After the flu, he felt lethargy for days.[↗](../../lethargy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hot weather filled the class with lethargy.[↗](../../lethargy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Lethargy can be a sign that you need more sleep.[↗](../../lethargy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The vet said the dog's lethargy meant it was ill.[↗](../../lethargy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She shook off her lethargy and went for a run.[↗](../../lethargy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Too much screen time can lead to lethargy.[↗](../../lethargy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **letter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A letter is one of the signs we use to write words, like A, b or Z.[↗](../../letter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A letter is a written message you send to someone, usually in an envelope by post.[↗](../../letter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In maths, a letter like x or n can stand for an unknown number.[↗](../../letter/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «To the letter» means exactly as told.[↗](../../letter/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The word «apple» has 5 letters.[↗](../../letter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The mailman delivers 120 letters a day.[↗](../../letter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She wrote 3 letters to her friends.[↗](../../letter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Let the letter n stand for the number of apples.[↗](../../letter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Start every sentence with a capital letter.[↗](../../letter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The English alphabet has 26 letters.[↗](../../letter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The school sent a letter home about the trip.[↗](../../letter/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He posted a letter to his grandma in Ireland.[↗](../../letter/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · She followed the recipe to the letter.[↗](../../letter/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · What a tour that letter had made\![↗](../../letter/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The twenty-two letters which form the stamina (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../letter/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · These letters are the initials of the 12 Zodiacal (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../letter/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · == Chapter 2 == \[2:1\] There are twenty-two letters, stamina.[↗](../../letter/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../letter/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.[↗](../../letter/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.6.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../letter/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · the letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.[↗](../../letter/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.4.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../letter/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.[↗](../../letter/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.29.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../letter/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **lettest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «lettest» means «you let», a form of «let»: To allow someone to do something.[↗](../../lettest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Mum let me stay up."[↗](../../lettest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And when thou lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go empty;[↗](../../lettest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.15.13, JPS 1917) **letteth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «letteth» means «lets», a form of «let»: To allow someone to do something.[↗](../../letteth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Mum let me stay up."[↗](../../letteth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And he that letteth go the goat for Azazel shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he may come into the camp.[↗](../../letteth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.16.26, JPS 1917) **letting** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Letting means allowing someone to do something.[↗](../../letting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Mum is letting me stay up late.[↗](../../letting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Letting something happen means not stopping it: letting the water run.[↗](../../letting/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In British English, letting a house or flat means renting it out to someone.[↗](../../letting/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Thanks for letting me borrow your pen.[↗](../../letting/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad is letting us camp in the garden.[↗](../../letting/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop letting the door slam\![↗](../../letting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She is letting go of the rope.[↗](../../letting/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · You are letting the cold air in.[↗](../../letting/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I felt bad about letting my team down.[↗](../../letting/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They are letting the dog off the lead in the park.[↗](../../letting/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Letting the tap run wastes water.[↗](../../letting/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Straight on he strode, letting neither hill nor river hinder him.[↗](../../letting/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **lettuce** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A plant with large green leaves that people eat raw, mostly in salads and sandwiches.[↗](../../lettuce/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I like lettuce and tomato in my sandwich.[↗](../../lettuce/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash the lettuce before you make the salad.[↗](../../lettuce/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We grew lettuce in the school garden.[↗](../../lettuce/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Rabbits love to nibble lettuce.[↗](../../lettuce/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum bought two lettuces at the market.[↗](../../lettuce/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Slugs ate holes in our lettuce leaves.[↗](../../lettuce/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A burger with cheese, lettuce and pickles, please.[↗](../../lettuce/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · First he ate some lettuces and some French beans; and then he ate some radishes;[↗](../../lettuce/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **leukaemia** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Leukaemia is a kind of cancer of the blood and bone marrow, where the body makes too many faulty white blood cells.[↗](../../leukaemia/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My cousin had leukaemia and got better after treatment.[↗](../../leukaemia/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Leukaemia affects the white blood cells.[↗](../../leukaemia/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Doctors treat leukaemia with medicines called chemotherapy.[↗](../../leukaemia/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school raised money for leukaemia research.[↗](../../leukaemia/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · You cannot catch leukaemia from someone.[↗](../../leukaemia/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **lev** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (money) The money of Bulgaria; one lev is divided into 100 stotinki.[↗](../../lev/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Plural: leva.[↗](../../lev/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Ukrainian, Russian «лев») The word for «lion»; it sounds like «lev» to an English ear.[↗](../../lev/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") It is not an English word.[↗](../../lev/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (a name) Lev is a man's first name, as in the Russian writer Lev (Leo) Tolstoy, and a Hebrew name meaning «heart».[↗](../../lev/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The lev is the money of Bulgaria.[↗](../../lev/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The ice cream cost three leva.[↗](../../lev/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · One lev is 100 stotinki.[↗](../../lev/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Lev Tolstoy wrote very long novels.[↗](../../lev/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Lev» means «lion» in Ukrainian.[↗](../../lev/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In our maths problem, we changed pounds into Bulgarian leva.[↗](../../lev/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Bahir, the Thirty-Two Ways are associated with the gematria value of לֵב lev ‘heart’ (\[Bahir 63\], \[Bahir 95\] inter alia cf.[↗](../../lev/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../lev/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **levant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The Levant is an old name for the lands on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, today mainly Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Jordan, and sometimes Cyprus and parts of Turkey.[↗](../../levant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old slang, UK, rare) To levant was to run away without paying your debts.[↗](../../levant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Phoenicians were sailors from the Levant.[↗](../../levant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Crusader castles still stand in the Levant.[↗](../../levant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hummus is popular all over the Levant.[↗](../../levant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Merchants brought spices through the ports of the Levant.[↗](../../levant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Lebanon and Syria are countries of the Levant.[↗](../../levant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Levant lies on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean.[↗](../../levant/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **level** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A level is a height or amount: the water level, the noise level.[↗](../../level/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A level is a stage or grade, as in a game or a test: «I reached level 5».[↗](../../level/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A level is a floor of a building: «Park on level 2».[↗](../../level/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Level (adjective) means flat and even, with no part higher than another.[↗](../../level/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Level can mean equal in score or position.[↗](../../level/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* To level something is to make it flat.[↗](../../level/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* To level a gun or pistol is to point it straight at something.[↗](../../level/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The water level in the river rose after the rain.[↗](../../level/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I finished level 10 of the game.[↗](../../level/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our flat is on level 3.[↗](../../level/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Make sure the table is level before you build the tower.[↗](../../level/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The score was level at half-time.[↗](../../level/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mount Everest is about 8,849 metres above sea level.[↗](../../level/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep the noise level down in the library.[↗](../../level/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Hold the picture at eye level.[↗](../../level/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Level your pistols!" cried Jack, "and make smithereens of 'em.[↗](../../level/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And on yet another level, it refers to the physical body, the primary metaphorical sense in which the term is encountered in the SY.[↗](../../level/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../level/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · On one level, it refers to the individual person or creature, i.e., ‘that which has breath’, similar to the term נְשָׁמָה neshamah (cf.[↗](../../level/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") \[Psalm 150:6\]), and might be translated ‘person, individual, being’.[↗](../../level/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../level/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · It should probably be understood on one level as a reference to the ten digits of the decimal numeral system, though as we shall see, these Sefirot Belimah are imbued with metaphysical significance beyond mere numerals.[↗](../../level/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../level/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He levelled a path for His anger; He spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; (Writings PSA.78.50, JPS 1917)[↗](../../level/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the rugged shall be made level, and the rough places a plain; (Prophets ISA.40.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../level/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · I have roused him up in victory, and I make level all his ways; he shall build My city, and he shall let Mine exiles go free, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.[↗](../../level/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.45.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../level/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **lever** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lever is a bar or handle that moves around a fixed point (the pivot or fulcrum) to help lift or move something heavy with less effort.[↗](../../lever/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A lever is a handle you push or pull to work a machine: a gear lever.[↗](../../lever/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To lever something is to move or open it using a lever: lever off a lid.[↗](../../lever/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A seesaw is a kind of lever.[↗](../../lever/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Use a spoon as a lever to open the paint tin.[↗](../../lever/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Pull the lever to start the machine.[↗](../../lever/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Scissors are two levers joined together.[↗](../../lever/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The longer the lever, the easier it is to lift the load.[↗](../../lever/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She levered the lid off the box.[↗](../../lever/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The pivot is the point a lever turns around.[↗](../../lever/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The driver moved the gear lever.[↗](../../lever/#x8 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