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Lever

More agreeable; more pleasing.

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Broader term 4

Bar 76% connected

A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Machine 76% connected

In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmi…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Open 76% connected

Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tumbler 76% connected

One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 9

Crowbar 76% connected

A bar of iron sharpened at one end, and used as a lever.

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Key 76% connected

An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lo…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pedal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zool.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglio…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pry 76% connected

A lever; also, leverage.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stick 76% connected

A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tappet 76% connected

A lever or projection moved by some other piece, as a cam, or intended to tap or touch something else, with a view to produce change or regulate moti…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tiller 76% connected

One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Treadle 76% connected

The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot.

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Trigger 76% connected

A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Prise 74% connected

An enterprise.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Prise 74% connected

An enterprise.

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Entails 2

Loose 72% connected

Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Loosen 72% connected

To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Component part 1

Fulcrum 70% connected

A prop or support.

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Synonym 4

Jimmy 92% connected

A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Prise 92% connected

An enterprise.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Prize 92% connected

That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pry 92% connected

A lever; also, leverage.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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