Main Entry: ²level

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): leveled or levelled; level·ing or level·ling\ˈle-və-liŋ, ˈlev-liŋ\

Date: 15th century

transitive verb 1 : to make (a line or surface) horizontal : make flat or level <level a field> <level off a house lot>
2 a : to bring to a horizontal aiming position b : aim, direct <leveled a charge of fraud>
3 : to bring to a common level or plane : equalize <love levels all ranks — W. S. Gilbert>
4 a : to lay level with or as if with the ground : raze b : to knock down <leveled him with one punch>
5 : to make (as color) even or uniform
6 : to find the heights of different points in (a piece of land) especially with a surveyor's levelintransitive verb 1 : to attain or come to a level <the plane leveled off at 10,000 feet>
2 : to aim a gun or other weapon horizontally
3 : to bring persons or things to a level
4 : to deal frankly and openly