Lever and Turn

Lever

Lever verb - To raise, move, or pull apart with or as if with a lever.

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Turn and lever are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Turn" instead the word "Lever" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: leverage, levered, levering

Turn verb - To move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis.

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Lever and turn are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lever" instead the word "Turn" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: turned, turning

full	full lever	full turn
right	right lever	right turn
single	single lever	single turn
nasty	nasty lever	nasty turn
Other adjectives: actual, massive, big, wrong, new, extra, next, strange, last, different.

In LEGO Batman, for instance, to enter a factory you need to climb a ramp and pull a lever to make a giant ice cream cone turn from blue to yellow, then another lever to turn it from yellow to red.

Source: Solve the Soup Cans
Their weaponry tends to pack a punch, but every turn there's a chance that the driver will hit the wrong lever and go careening forward at full speed instead of firing.

Source: Vehicular Turnabout
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.: Linda Who's coat gets snagged on a lever that makes a conveyor belt of meals for Robomen turn on.

Source: Assembly Line Fast-Forward

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