Pulley vs. Tow

Pulleynoun

One of the simple machines; a wheel with a grooved rim in which a pulled rope or chain will lift 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).

Pulleyverb

(transitive) To raise or lift by means of a pulley.

Pulleynoun

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.

Pulleyverb

To raise or lift by means of a pulley.

Pulleynoun

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

Pulleynoun

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.

Pulleynoun

a wheel or drum fixed on a shaft and turned by a belt, used for the application or transmission of power.

Pulleyverb

hoist with a pulley

Pulley

A pulley is a wheel on an axle or shaft that is designed to support movement and change of direction of a taut cable or belt, or transfer of power between the shaft and cable or belt. In the case of a pulley supported by a frame or shell that does not transfer power to a shaft, but is used to guide the cable or exert a force, the supporting shell is called a block, and the pulley may be called a sheave.

Towverb

(transitive) To pull something behind one using a line or chain; to haul.

Towverb

To aid someone behind by shielding them from wind resistance.

Townoun

The act of towing and the condition of being towed.

Townoun

Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.

Townoun

Something, such as a barge, that is towed.

Townoun

A rope or cable used in towing.

Townoun

(motor racing) A speed increase given by driving in front of another car on a straight, which causes a slipstream for the car behind.

Townoun

An untwisted bundle of fibers such as cellulose acetate, flax, hemp or jute.

Townoun

(specifically) The short, coarse, less desirable fibers separated by hackling from the finer longer fibers (line).

Townoun

The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.

Townoun

A rope by which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope.

Townoun

The act of towing, or the state of being towed; - chiefly used in the phrase, to take in tow, that is to tow.

Townoun

That which is towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge, raft, collection of boats, ect.

Towverb

To draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind, by means of a rope.

Townoun

the act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope;

Towverb

drag behind;