Pulley

  • 11pulley — pulleyless, adj. /pool ee/, n., pl. pulleys. 1. a wheel, with a grooved rim for carrying a line, that turns in a frame or block and serves to change the direction of or to transmit force, as when one end of the line is pulled to raise a weight at …

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  • 12Pulley — This interesting and uncommon name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and may be either a locational or a topographical surname. As the former, it derives from either of the places called Pooley, in Warwickshire and Westmoreland (Pooley Bridge), or from a …

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  • 13pulley — n. a fixed; movable pulley * * * [ pʊlɪ] movable pulley a fixed …

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  • 14pulley — [[t]p ʊli[/t]] pulleys N COUNT A pulley is a device consisting of a wheel over which a rope or chain is pulled in order to lift heavy objects. The weights are moved via a cable and pulley system …

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  • 15pulley — UK [ˈpʊlɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms pulley : singular pulley plural pulleys a piece of equipment used for lifting something very heavy. It consists of one or more wheels, around which you pull a rope or chain that is fastened to the thing …

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  • 16pulley — n. & v. n. (pl. eys) 1 a grooved wheel or set of wheels for a cord etc. to pass over, set in a block and used for changing the direction of a force. 2 a wheel or drum fixed on a shaft and turned by a belt, used esp. to increase speed or power.… …

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  • 17pulley — noun (plural pulleys) Etymology: Middle English poley, pully, from Anglo French pulie, probably ultimately from Greek polos axis, pole more at pole Date: 14th century 1. a sheave or small wheel with a grooved rim and with or without the block in… …

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  • 18pulley — [14] Although pulleys are used for ‘pulling’, there is no etymological connection between the two words. Pulley comes via Old French polie from Vulgar Latin *polidia, which was probably borrowed from the plural of a medieval Greek *polidion, a… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 19pulley — noun (plural pulleys) a wheel with a grooved rim around which a cord passes, used to raise heavy weights. ↘a wheel or drum fixed on a shaft and turned by a belt, used for the application or transmission of power. verb (pulleys, pulleying,… …

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  • 20pulley — skridinys statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. pulley vok. Rolle, f rus. ролик, m pranc. galet, m …

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