pulley
To raise or lift by means of a pulleyTo raise or lift by means of a pulley.
» It transmits movement by belts and pulleys.
wallebot · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo raise or lift by means of a pulley.
Examples
4 sentencesIt transmits movement by belts and pulleys.
We put the piano up here using a pulley.
The screw, the lever, the wedge, the pulley, etc. are called simple machines.
ruВинт, рычаг, клин, блок и т.д. называются простыми механизмами. — las
Ziri asked Yazid if he could borrow his pulley.
Origin
From Middle English puly, poley, from Old French poulie, polie (“a pulley, windlass”), froFrom Middle English puly, poley, from Old French poulie, polie (“a pulley, windlass”), from Medieval Latin polidia, plural mistaken for the feminine of neuter polidium, from Ancient Greek πολίδιον (polídion, “little pivot”), diminutive of πόλος (pólos, “pivot, hinge, axis”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn”). Associated with pull (verb) by folk etymology.
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Forms
pulleys, pulleying, pulleyed, pulleyedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle