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n. A simple machine consisting essentially of a wheel with a grooved rim in which a pulled rope or chain can run to change the direction of the pull and thereby lift a load.

n. A wheel turned by or driving a belt.

n. One of the simple machines; a wheel with a grooved rim in which a pulled rope or chain will lift an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).

v. To raise or lift by means of a pulley.

n. A wheel with a broad rim, or grooved rim, for transmitting power from, or imparting power to, the different parts of machinery, or for changing the direction of motion, by means of a belt, cord, rope, or chain.

v. To raise or lift by means of a pulley.

n. Properly, a simple machine consisting of a wheel having a grooved rim for carrying a rope or other line, and turning in a frame, which, when movable, is termed a pulley-block.

n. A block containing several grooved wheels.

n. A tackle or apparatus consisting of one or more pulley-blocks with a rope or ropes reeved through them for use in hoisting.

n. In anatomy: A trochlea, or trochlear surface of an articulation.

n. A ligamentous loop which confines or changes the direction of the tendon of a muscle passing through it: as, the digastric muscle of the chin and the superior oblique of the eye both pass through a pulley. See cuts under muscle and eye.

To raise or hoist with a pulley.

n. A pulley which merely tightens the belt but takes off no power.

n. A pulley built up of segments or sectors.

n. A segmental pulley; a pulley made in two or more sectors for convenience in casting.

n. a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope

"The double-line pull uses a snatch block (also known as a pulley block) to run the wire rope out to an anchor and then double it back to the vehicle, where the hook is attached to the frame -- not the bumper, winch, or any part of the suspension."

belt pulley   

machine    simple machine   

standing pulley    compound pulley    tug pulley    spring pulley    dead pulley    side pulley    crowning pulley    scored pulley    fast-and-loose pulleys    double-speed pulley   

bollock    fairlead    bullock block    idle wheel    idle pulley    idler pulley   

wheel   

Woolley    bully    fully    wooley    woolly    wooly   

winch    roller    sprocket    axle    windlass    lever    gear    fitting    piston    armature