Definitions of pulley [ˈpʊl i]

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Definition of 'pulley'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) pulley
a wheel for supporting, guiding, or transmitting force to or from a moving rope or cable that rides in a groove in its edge.

2. pulley
a combination of such wheels in a block, or of such wheels or blocks in a tackle, to increase the force applied.

Etymology: (1275–1325; ME poley, puly < MF polie&indirdesc; MGk *polídion little pivot)

Definition of 'pulley'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) pulley, pulley-block, pulley block, block
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

Definition of 'pulley'

Webster Dictionary

1. pulley
to raise or lift by means of a pulley

2. (verb) pulley
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

Translation of 'pulley'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a wheel over which a rope etc can pass in order to lift heavy objects.
Afrikaans: katrol	Arabic: بَكَرَه	Bulgarian: скрипец
Brazilian: roldana	Czech: kladka	German: die Rolle
Danish: trisse	Greek: τροχαλία	Spanish: polea
Estonian: (tali)plokk	Farsi: قرقره	Finnish: väkipyörä
French: poulie	Hebrew: גַלגֶלֶת	Hindi: चरखी
Hungarian: csiga	Indonesian: kerekan	Icelandic: talía, blökk; trissa
Italian: puleggia, carrucola	Japanese: 滑車	Korean: 도르래
Lithuanian: skridinys	Latvian: trīsis	Malay: kapi
Dutch: katrol	Norwegian: trinse, reimskive	Polish: blok
Persian: قرقره	Pashto: غرغره	Portuguese: roldana
Romanian: scripete	Russian: шкив; блок	Slovak: kladka
Slovenian: škripec	Serbian: kotur	Swedish: block, talja
Thai: รอก	Turkish: makara, palanga	Taiwanese: 滑輪
Ukrainian: шків, блок	Urdu: چرخي	Vietnamese: cái ròng rọc
Chinese: 滑轮
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