levering
Applying mechanical advantage
Levering is using a lever—or leverage—to move or accomplish something.
Physically, it means prying or shifting with a rigid bar: She levered the lid off the crate.
Figuratively, it means using an advantage to achieve results: He's levering his connections to get the contract.
The word implies applying force or influence at a strategic point.
Lever's balance point
- torqueRotational force measurement
- mechanical advantageForce output over input
- pivotPoint of rotation
- forceStrength or compulsion
rotation · simple machine · load · efficiency · equilibrium · statics · dynamics · vector
Metal prying lever
- jimmySmall prying bar
- wedgeTapered splitting tool
- pry barLever for forcing things
- extractConcentrated derived substance
dislodge · separate · detach · crack open · chisel · split · break free · unstick
Excessive stretching force
- exertionVigorous physical effort
- pushForce something away
- pullForce toward oneself
- heaveForceful lift or throw
muscle · force · grunt · struggle · pressure · strength · power · grip
Metal prying lever
- pry barLever for forcing things
- tire ironLever for wheel changes
- jackDevice for lifting vehicles
- pinch barLever for prying objects
jimmy · claw hammer · cat's paw · handspike · nail puller · breaker bar · wrecking bar
fulcrum
Lever's balance point
- torqueRotational force measurement
- mechanical advantageForce output over input
- pivotPoint of rotation
force · rotation · simple machine · load · efficiency · equilibrium · statics · dynamics · vector · beam
crowbar
Metal prying lever
extract · dislodge · separate · detach · crack open · chisel · split · break free · unstick · disengage
strain
Excessive stretching force
heave · muscle · force · grunt · struggle · pressure · strength · power · grip · body weight
crowbar
Metal prying lever
pinch bar · jimmy · claw hammer · cat's paw · handspike · nail puller · breaker bar · wrecking bar
hoist
Raise with tackle
elevate · uplift · winch · crane · pulley · derrick · rigging · upward · overhead · gantry
- prying actionsprying, jimmying, crowbarring, jacking, riving
- mechanicsforce, turning, rotation, momentum, velocity
- grip traininghand gripper, gripper, pinch grip, finger strength, squeeze ball
leveringbrute forcing
Testing every possibility sequentially
muscling · strong-arming · overpowering · manhandling · struggling
lever, leverage, levers, leveraged, leverages, leveraging, levered, overleveraged