[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Mechanics.a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third.Compare machine(def4b) machine(def4b).", "a tool, as a pry or a crowbar, for raising, moving, or opening something by leverage:There's a small lever in my toolbox that'll be perfect for prying off these narrow moldings.", "a handle or bar that is manipulated to operate, control, or adjust a machine, mechanism, etc.:Pushing down the lever on the left will automatically open the door.", "a means or agency of persuading or of achieving an end:Saying that the chairman of the board likes the plan is just a lever to get us to support it.", "Horology.the pallet of an escapement."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with or without object)", "List Items": ["to move with or apply a lever:to lever a rock; to lever mightily and to no avail."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Charles James Cornelius O'Dowd,1806–72,Irish novelist and essayist."]}]