Quotes about "level"

• Noun: a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; examples: "a moderate grade of intelligence", "a high level of care is required", "it is all a matter of degree"

• Noun: a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; example: "lumber of the highest grade"

• Noun: a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; examples: "a remarkable degree of frankness", "at what stage are the social sciences?"

• Noun: height above ground; examples: "the water reached ankle level", "the pictures were at the same level"

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

• Noun: a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line; example: "park the car on the level"

• Noun: a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; example: "what level is the office on?"

• Noun: an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; examples: "a good actor communicates on several levels", "a simile has at least two layers of meaning", "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously"

• Verb: aim at; example: "level criticism or charges at somebody"

• Verb: tear down so as to make flat with the ground; example: "The building was levelled"

• Verb: make level or straight; example: "level the ground"

• Verb: direct into a position for use; examples: "point a gun", "He charged his weapon at me"

• Verb: talk frankly with; lay it on the line; example: "I have to level with you"

• Verb: become level or even; example: "The ground levelled off"

• Adj: having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another; examples: "a flat desk", "acres of level farmland", "a plane surface", "skirts sewn with fine flat seams"

• Adj: not showing abrupt variations; examples: "spoke in a level voice", "she gave him a level look"- Louis Auchinclos"

• Adj: being on a precise horizontal plane; example: "a billiard table must be level"

• Adj: oriented at right angles to the plumb; example: "the picture is level"

• Adj: of the score in a contest; example: "the score is tied"