Definitions for level

Definitions for (noun) level

Main entry: floor, level, storey, story

Definition: a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale

Usage: what level is the office on?


Main entry: horizontal surface, level

Definition: a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line

Usage: park the car on the level


Main entry: level, spirit level

Definition: indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid


Main entry: degree, grade, level

Definition: a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

Usage: a moderate grade of intelligence; a high level of care is required; it is all a matter of degree


Main entry: level

Definition: height above ground

Usage: the water reached ankle level; the pictures were at the same level


Main entry: stratum, layer, level

Definition: an abstract place usually conceived as having depth

Usage: a good actor communicates on several levels; a simile has at least two layers of meaning; the mind functions on many strata simultaneously


Main entry: level, stage, point, degree

Definition: a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

Usage: a remarkable degree of frankness; at what stage are the social sciences?


Main entry: tier, grade, level

Definition: a relative position or degree of value in a graded group

Usage: lumber of the highest grade


Definitions for (verb) level

Main entry: level, level off

Definition: become level or even

Usage: The ground levelled off


Main entry: level

Definition: talk frankly with; lay it on the line

Usage: I have to level with you


Main entry: charge, level, point

Definition: direct into a position for use

Usage: point a gun; He charged his weapon at me


Main entry: level

Definition: aim at

Usage: level criticism or charges at somebody


Main entry: level, flush, even, even out

Definition: make level or straight

Usage: level the ground


Main entry: rase, raze, pull down, dismantle, take down, tear down, level

Definition: tear down so as to make flat with the ground

Usage: The building was levelled


Definitions for (adj) level

Main entry: even, tied, level

Definition: of the score in a contest

Usage: the score is tied


Main entry: flat, plane, level

Definition: having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another

Usage: a flat desk; acres of level farmland; a plane surface; skirts sewn with fine flat seams


Main entry: level

Definition: oriented at right angles to the plumb

Usage: the picture is level


Main entry: level

Definition: being on a precise horizontal plane

Usage: a billiard table must be level


Main entry: unwavering, level

Definition: not showing abrupt variations

Usage: spoke in a level voice; she gave him a level look- Louis Auchincloss


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