Hoist

[hɒɪst] or [hɔɪst]

Definition

(noun.) lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects.

(verb.) raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; 'hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car'.

(verb.) raise; 'hoist the flags'; 'hoist a sail'.

(verb.) move from one place to another by lifting; 'They hoisted the patient onto the operating table'.

Edited by Christine--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) 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.

(n.) That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods.

(n.) The act of hoisting; a lift.

(n.) The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length when flying from a staff.

(n.) The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay.

(p. p.) Hoisted.

Checked by Alissa

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Raise, lift, elevate, heave, raise up.

n. Lift.

Editor: Randolph

Definition

v.t. to lift: to raise with tackle: to heave.—n. act of lifting: the height of a sail: an apparatus for lifting heavy bodies to the upper stories of a building.—Hoist with one's own petard beaten with one's own weapons caught in one's own trap.

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