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hoist
[hoist, hahyst]
verb (used with object)
to raise or lift, especially by some mechanical appliance.
to hoist a flag; to hoist the mainsail.
Synonyms:Antonyms:to raise to one's lips and drink; drink (especially beer or whiskey) with gusto.
Let's go hoist a few beers.
Archaic.a simple past tense and past participle of hoise.
noun
an apparatus for hoisting, as a block and tackle, a derrick, or a crane.
act of hoisting; a lift.
Give that sofa a hoist at your end.
Nautical.
the vertical dimension amidships of any square sail that is hoisted with a yard.
the distance between the hoisted and the lowered position of such a yard.
the dimension of a fore-and-aft sail along the luff.
a number of flags raised together as a signal.
(on a flag)
the vertical dimension as flown from a vertical staff.
the edge running next to the staff.
hoist
/ ɔɪ /
verb
(tr) to raise or lift up, esp by mechanical means
See petard
noun
any apparatus or device for hoisting
the act of hoisting
nautical
the amidships height of a sail bent to the yard with which it is hoisted Compare drop
the difference between the set and lowered positions of this yard
nautical the length of the luff of a fore-and-aft sail
nautical a group of signal flags
the inner edge of a flag next to the staff Compare fly 1
Other 51Թ Forms
- hoister noun
- unhoisted adjective
- ˈǾٱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hoist1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
They were joined by more than 30 other protesters who chanted slogans and hoisted anti-ICE posters.
Behind him, in the park, the crowd hoisted “Resist Fascism” banners and “ICE OUT” signs.
If I have done nothing else in this crazy life, I have helped hoist three marvelous kids to legal adulthood and sent them all off to college.
She certainly owns the stage – ending her song atop a giant gold microphone that spurts fire as she's hoisted into the sky.
Rosemary's platform is hoisted out of the pool and the support team help her out of her suit.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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