Lever (a.) More agreeable |
Lever (adv.) Rather. |
Lever (n.) 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 |
Lever (n.) A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it. |
Lever (n.) An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it. |
Silent (a.) Free from sound or noise |
Silent (a.) Not speaking |
Silent (a.) Keeping at rest |
Silent (a.) Not pronounced |
Silent (a.) Having no effect |
Silent (n.) That which is silent |
Strike (v. t.) To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument |
Strike (v. t.) To come in collision with |
Strike (v. t.) To give, as a blow |
Strike (v. t.) To stamp or impress with a stroke |
Strike (v. t.) To thrust in |
Strike (v. t.) To punish |
Strike (v. t.) To cause to sound by one or more beats |
Strike (v. t.) To lower |
Strike (v. t.) To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow |
Strike (v. t.) To affect in some particular manner by a sudden impression or impulse |
Strike (v. t.) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke |
Strike (v. t.) To cause to ignite |
Strike (v. t.) To make and ratify |
Strike (v. t.) To take forcibly or fraudulently |
Strike (v. t.) To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the level of the top. |
Strike (v. t.) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle. |
Strike (v. t.) To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly |
Strike (v. t.) To borrow money of |
Strike (v. t.) To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. |
Strike (v. t.) To stroke or pass lightly |
Strike (v. t.) To advance |
Strike (v. i.) To move |
Strike (v. i.) To deliver a quick blow or thrust |
Strike (v. i.) To hit |
Strike (v. i.) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as with blows |
Strike (v. i.) To make an attack |
Strike (v. i.) To touch |
Strike (v. i.) To run upon a rock or bank |
Strike (v. i.) To pass with a quick or strong effect |
Strike (v. i.) To break forth |
Strike (v. i.) To lower a flag, or colors, in token of respect, or to signify a surrender of a ship to an enemy. |
Strike (v. i.) To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages. |
Strike (v. i.) To become attached to something |
Strike (v. i.) To steal money. |
Strike (n.) The act of striking. |
Strike (n.) An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above the level of the top |
Strike (n.) A bushel |
Strike (n.) An old measure of four bushels. |
Strike (n.) Fullness of measure |
hit smash smasher strike bang | a conspicuous success, that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career, that new Broadway show is a real smasher, the party went with a bang |
strike | (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders, this pitcher throws more strikes than balls |
strike ten-strike | a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball, he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame |
lever hang | a hang performed on the rings with the body stationary in a horizontal position |
strike | an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective, the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn |
first strike | the initial use of nuclear weapons to attack a country that also has nuclear weapons, considered feasible only when the attacker can destroy the other country's ability to retaliate, the Pakistani president promised no first strike against India |
surgical strike | an attack (usually without prior warning) intended to deal only with a specific target |
preventive strike preventive attack | a strike that is carried out in order to deter expected aggression by hostile forces |
silent treatment | an aloof refusal to speak to someone you know |
hunger strike | a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest |
strike work stoppage | a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions, the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled |
sit-down sit-down strike | a strike in which workers refuse to leave the workplace until a settlement is reached |
sympathy strike sympathetic strike | a strike in support of other workers who are on strike, a strike not resulting from direct grievances against the workers' employer |
wildcat strike | a strike undertaken by workers without approval from the officials of their union |
pre-emptive strike | a surprise attack that is launched in order to prevent the enemy from doing it to you |
compound lever | a pair of levers hinged at the fulcrum |
gearshift gearstick shifter gear lever | a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears, in Britain they call a gearshift a gear lever |
lever | a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum |
lever lever tumbler | a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock |
lever | a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum |
lever lock | a lock whose tumblers are levers that must be raised to a given position so that the bolt can move |
pedal treadle foot pedal foot lever | a lever that is operated with the foot |
silent butler | a small receptacle with a handle and a hinged lid, used for collecting crumbs or ashes |
spark lever | (on early automobiles) a lever mounted on the steering column and used to adjust the timing of the ignition |
steelyard lever scale beam scale | a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length |
timepiece timekeeper horologe | a measuring instrument or device for keeping time |
silent movie silent picture silents | a movie without a soundtrack |
rap strike tap | a gentle blow |
strike zone | (baseball) the area over home plate between a batter's knees and shoulders through which a pitch must pass in order to be called a strike |
strike-slip fault | a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally |
dummy silent person | a person who does not talk |
silent partner sleeping partner | a partner (who usually provides capital) whose association with the enterprise is not public knowledge |
strike leader | someone who leads a strike |
strike pay | money paid to strikers from union funds |
strike a blow | affect adversely, The court ruling struck a blow at the old segregation laws |
strike | cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp, strike an arc |
strike out | set out on a course of action, He struck out on his own |
strike a chord | create an emotional response, The music struck a chord with the listeners |
strike | arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing, strike a balance, strike a bargain |
cross off cross out strike out strike off mark | remove from a list, Cross the name of the dead person off the list |
strike | indicate (a certain time) by striking, The clock struck midnight, Just when I entered, the clock struck |
strike hit | make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target, The Germans struck Poland on Sept. , , We must strike the enemy's oil fields, in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game to |
retaliate strike back | make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil, The Empire strikes back, The Giants struck back and won the opener, The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing |
retire strike out | cause to get out, The pitcher retired three batters, the runner was put out at third base |
hit strike | affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely, We were hit by really bad weather, He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager, The earthquake struck at midnight |
strike hit | produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically, The pianist strikes a middle C, strike `z' on the keyboard, her comments struck a sour note |
strike | pierce with force, The bullet struck her thigh, The icy wind struck through our coats |
hit strike impinge on run into collide with | hit against, come into sudden contact with, The car hit a tree, He struck the table with his elbow |
knock strike hard | deliver a sharp blow or push :He knocked the glass clear across the room |
fell drop strike down cut down | cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow, strike down a tree, Lightning struck down the hikers |