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LEVELING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of making equal or uniform
Synonyms:
equalisation; equalization; leveling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("leveling" is a kind of...):
act; deed; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "leveling"):
balancing; reconciliation (getting two things to correspond)
equating; equation (the act of regarding as equal)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Complete destruction of a building
Synonyms:
demolishing; leveling; razing; tearing down
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("leveling" is a kind of...):
destruction; devastation (the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface
Synonyms:
grading; leveling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("leveling" is a kind of...):
building; construction (the act of constructing something)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb level
