"pulley" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpʊli/ Audio: en-us-pulley.ogg [US] Forms: pulley, pulleys [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. 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.
    Sense id: simple-pulley-en-noun-V7Hz4CMp

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈpʊli/ Audio: en-us-pulley.ogg [US] Forms: pulley [canonical], pulleys [third-person, singular], pulleyed [past], pulleyed [past, participle], pulleying [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you pulley something, you lift it using a pulley.
    Sense id: simple-pulley-en-verb-YtlnZPAL
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