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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lifter |
| Synonyms: | advantage, bar, crow, crowbar, leverage, pinch bar, prise, pry, pry bar, prying bar |
| Main Entry: | bar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rod; straight length of material |
| Synonyms: | batten, billet, boom, crossbar, crosspiece, ingot, lever, paling, pig, pole, rail, rib, rule, shaft, slab, spar, spoke, stake, stick, streak, strip, stripe, stroke |
| Main Entry: | brace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support |
| Synonyms: | arm, band, bar, bearing, block, bolster, boom, bracer, bracket, buttress, cantilever, clamp, girder, grip, guy, lever, mainstay, peg, prop, rafter, reinforcement, rib, shore, skid, splice, splint, staff, stanchion, stave, stay, stirrup, strengthener, strut, sustainer, truss, underpinning, vice |
| Main Entry: | key |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | answer, solution |
| Synonyms: | blueprint, brand, cipher, clue, code, core, crux, cue, earmark, explanation, fulcrum, guide, hinge, index, indicator, interpretation, lead, lever, marker, means, nexus, nucleus, passport, password, pivot, pointer, root, sign, symptom, ticket, translation |
| Antonyms: | question |
| Main Entry: | knob |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lump, handle |
| Synonyms: | bulge, bulk, bump, bunch, doorknob, hump, knot, knurl, latch, lever, nub, opener, projection, protrusion, protuberance, snag, stud, swell, swelling, trigger, tumor |
| Main Entry: | pry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | force or break open |
| Synonyms: | disengage, disjoin, divide, elevate, elicit, extort, extract, heave, hoist, jimmy, lever, lift, move, pick up, press, prize, pull, push, raise, rear, separate, take up, tear, tilt, turn, turn out, twist, uplift, upraise, uprear, wrest, wring |
| Antonyms: | close |
| Main Entry: | raise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lift; build from the ground |
| Synonyms: | boost, bring up, construct, elevate, erect, establish, exalt, heave, hoist, hold up, lever, lift, lift up, mount, move up, place up, promote, pry, pull up, put on its end, put up, rear, run up, set up, set upright, shove, stand up, take up, throw up, upcast, upheave, uplift, upraise, uprear |
| Notes: | to raise is 'to bring something up'; to rise is 'to get up' one rears children and raises crops |
| Antonyms: | demolish, destroy, drop, lower, raze |
| Main Entry: | crank |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a device for revolving a shaft |
| Synonyms: | arm, handle, lever, turning device |
| Main Entry: | jimmy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pry open |
| Synonyms: | crowbar, force, lever, open, pry |
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