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pulley
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[ˈpʊli], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a wheel with a grooved rim around which a cord passes, which acts to change the direction of a force applied to the cord and is used to raise heavy weights
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Origin
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Middle English: from Old French polie, probably from a medieval Greek diminutive of polos ‘pivot, axis’
[ˈpʊli], (Verb)
Definitions:
- hoist with a pulley
(e.g: the tree house was built on the ground and pulleyed into the branches)
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Origin
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Middle English: from Old French polie, probably from a medieval Greek diminutive of polos ‘pivot, axis’
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