(transitive) To raise or lift by means of a pulley.

(engineering, countable) One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).

plural of pulley

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pulley

simple past tense and past participle of pulley

Having a (specified kind or number of) pulley.

present participle of pulley

A surname.

An idle pulley for guiding a belt which transmits motion between shafts that are not parallel.

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