Pulley

What do we mean by pulley?

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. noun

A wheel turned by or driving a belt. noun

To raise or hoist with a pulley.

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

A pulley built up of segments or sectors. noun

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

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. noun

A block containing several grooved wheels. noun

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

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

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. noun

To raise or lift by means of a pulley. transitive verb

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. noun

A pulley with a broad face for transmitting power between revolving shafts by means of a belt, or for guiding a belt. noun

See Cone pulley. noun

One of a pair of belt pulleys, each in the shape of a truncated cone, for varying velocities. noun

A pulley firmly attached upon a shaft. noun

A pulley loose on a shaft, to interrupt the transmission of motion in machinery. See Fast and loose pulleys, under Fast. noun

A belt pulley made in semicircular halves, which can be bolted together, to facilitate application to, or removal from, a shaft. noun

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).

Words that are spelled similarly to pulley:
pulley, pullet, pulled, gulley, puller, mulley, pully, pusley, pullen, culley, sulley, tulley, polley, bulley, palley, pelley.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word pulley:
airer, trochlea, sheave, metacarpal, mainspring, idler, crankshaft, flywheel, winch, hoist, alternator, conveyor, rope, slack, plough, incline, slipping, belt, halves, derrick, rotate, tendon, mast, spindle, lever, belts, shaft, bearings, tension, ropes, screw, wheel, cord, gears, lifting, torque, manually, oblique, pulling, groove, axle, endless, bucket, chain, lift, attached, pins, hydraulic, clutch, friction, wrapped, pull, mechanical, rpm, wheels, cart, stationary, diameter, cable, hook, basket, cam, gear, timing, radius, load, traction, boom, mounted, pulled, transmission, mechanism, tackle, weight, pump, ceiling, elevator, blocks, fixed, generator, teeth, machines, beam, rim, reef, machinery, cage, drives, finger, lifted, intake, rubber, driven, horizontal, rotation, wire, bicycle, hanging, system, advantage.

Words that rhyme with pulley:
bully, woolly, fully, wooly, bullae, woolley, mulley, wooley, bulli, bull he, bull lea, full e, full he, handful he, mouthful he, pull he, pulley e, wool he.

Adjectives that are often used to describe pulley:
fixed, movable, small, single, driven, loose, large, idler, smooth, smaller, frictionless, grooved, larger, lower, inch, differential, second, upper, moveable, overhead, simple, double, wooden, tight, main, low, magnetic, top, iron, light, flat, front, step, proximal, cartilaginous, flanged, smallest, bottom, diameter, variable, massless, groove, horizontal, annular, middle, adjustable, speed, idle, eccentric, conical, foot, rear, lowest, oblique, stepped, fibrous, weighted, vertical, weightless, fast, intermediate, solid, faced, revolving, largest, driving, shaft, well, cone, cylindrical, shaped, rotating, extra.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective pulley:
system, block, blocks, wheel, drive, arrangement, weight, wheels, idlers, belt, weights, systems, idler, type, drives, frame, cable, shaft, rope, tackle, mechanism, assembly, device, ring, diameter, ropes, sheaves, hoist, apparatus, nut, transmission, circuit, rings, chains, machine, end, arrangements, inches, stones, makers, turn, rims, groove, attachments, exercises, interface, bracket, stile, gauge, frames, stiles, headstock, rim, combination, bolts, strops, profile, steps, accessory, shaper, style, countershaft, fashion, shafts, installations, bearings.

Consonant match to pulley:
pillar, poly, pallor, pilar, polo, pillow, polar, paella, poilu, pearly, polloi, pearler, pele, peeler, polly, palau, pilau, pella, pally, pealer, paula, palais, poli, puller, pauli, paler, poler, paulo, palla, paley, paoli, pollo, palo, perla, paolo, pilei, pilaw, poley, poller, poly-, palely, paylor, piller, palay, pawley, pooley, piler, pollee, paleae, pellow, pillau, pooler, pallah, peller, pauly, pelew, pilla, perley, palae, pallo, perlow, poehler, pauley, polley, piela, pelley, paul i, powley, p le, p li, p lie, p low, pail a, pail he, pal a, pal he, pal i, pal o, pal who, pale a, pale he, pale her, paller, paul a, paul aux, paul e, paul he, paul hi, paul how, paul lay, paul le, paul lee, paul lowe, paul o, paul who, paula a, pay low, peal e, pearl a, pearl he.

Words that sound like pulley:
pulley, pully, pulli, polly, poly, paly, poli, pally, pauly, paulie, pali, poley, pauli, paley, pollie, pauley, pelly, palely, pili, polley, pooley, pily, paoli, peli, puli, pulla, pelley, pelee, pilli, palli, pawley, powley, pulao, bully, pearly, pearlie, perley, pillow, pull, plea, polo, pulled, pushy, paula, pulls, plee, pele, pollo, puller, paola, pella, paulo, paolo, pilla, puls, pala, palo, pulleys, pult, pellow, pola, pula, pelo, polloi, polla, pilo, pley, pila, palau, pela, palla, palais, pilau, palay, pulque, pli, pallo, pellot, palae, palu, poilu, pulo, polu, pillai, pelew, pussley, piela, pulte, pallu, paila, pyla, pulu, pulau, pylae, pelu, pilaw, bailey, bailee, bailie, baali.