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lever

English

  1. 🔊 a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
  2. 🔊 a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock
  3. 🔊 a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum
  4. 🔊 to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
    “The burglar jimmied the lock”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 palanca lever
  2. 🔊 mangueta lever, pole (used by two people to carry great weights)

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