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hoist
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hoist has 1 sense
- hoist(n = noun.artifact) Array - lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects; Array has particulars: block and tackle, headgear, wheel and axle
is a kind of lifting device
Derived form verb hoist1
Verb hoist has 3 senses
- hoist(v = verb.contact) lift, wind - raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car" is one way to bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise
- hoist(v = verb.contact) Array - move from one place to another by lifting; "They hoisted the patient onto the operating table" is one way to bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise
- hoist(v = verb.contact) run up - raise; "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail" is one way to bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise
Derived forms noun hoist1, noun hoister1
Sample sentences:
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Sample sentence:
They hoist the bags on the table
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CIDE DICTIONARY
hoist, v. t. [OE. hoise, hyse, OD. hyssen, D. hijshen; akin to LG. hissen, Dan. hisse, Sw. hissa.].
To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight. [1913 Webster]
"They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails."
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"Hoisting him into his father's throne."
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hoist, n.
- That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods. [1913 Webster]
- The act of hoisting; a lift. [1913 Webster]
- The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length when flying from a staff. Totten. [1913 Webster]
hoist, p. p.
Hoisted. [1913 Webster]
"'T is the sport to have the enginer
Hoist with his own petar." [1913 Webster]
Hoist with his own petar." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hoist, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 raise or haul up.
2 raise by means of ropes and pulleys etc.
--n.
1 an act of hoisting, a lift.
2 an apparatus for hoisting.
3 a the part of a flag nearest the staff. b a group of flags raised as a signal.
--v.tr.
1 raise or haul up.
2 raise by means of ropes and pulleys etc.
--n.
1 an act of hoisting, a lift.
2 an apparatus for hoisting.
3 a the part of a flag nearest the staff. b a group of flags raised as a signal.
Idiom
hoist the flag stake one's claim to discovered territory by displaying a flag. hoist one's flag signify that one takes command. hoist with one's own petard see PETARD.
Derivative
hoister n.
Etymology
16th c.: alt. of hoise f. (15th-c.) hysse, prob. of LG orig.: cf. LG hissen
THESAURUS
hoist
a leg up, boost, buoy up, cast up, crab, crane, davit, derrick, elevate, elevator, erect, erector, escalate, forklift, gantry crane, heave, heft, heighten, heist, hike, hoick, hold up, hydraulic tailgate, jack, jackscrew, jerk up, knock up, lever, levitate, lift, lift up, lifter, lob, loft, perk up, pick up, raise, raise up, rear, rear up, rise, set up, sky, stick up, tackle, take up, throw up, up, upbuoy, upcast, upheave, uphoist, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear, upthrow, winch, windlassROGET THESAURUS
hoist
Elevation
VB heighten, elevate, raise, lift, erect, set up, stick up, perch up, perk up, tilt up, rear, hoist, heave, uplift, upraise, uprear, upbear, upcast, uphoist, upheave, buoy, weigh mount, give a lift, exalt, sublimate, place on a pedestal, set on a pedestal, escalate 102, take up, drag up, fish up, dredge, stand up, rise up, get up, jump up, spring to one's feet, hold oneself, hold one's head up, drawn oneself up to his full height.
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