pulley

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈpʊli/

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Noun

Singular pulley

Plural pulleys

A fixed pulley assembly

1. (countable) (engineering) A pulley is a wheel with a grooved rim around which a rope passes. It acts to change the direction of a force that is applied to the rope and is used to raise weights.

Verb

Plain form pulley

Third-person singular pulleys

Past tense pulleyed

Past participle pulleyed

Present participle pulleying

1. (transitive) If you pulley something, you lift it using a pulley.