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Hoist

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Noun

1. hoist

lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects

Verb

2. hoist, lift, wind

raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

Example Sentences:
'hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car'

3. hoist

move from one place to another by lifting

Example Sentences:
'They hoisted the patient onto the operating table'

4. hoist, run up

raise

Example Sentences:
'hoist the flags'
'hoist a sail'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Hoist

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verb
1. (transitive)
to raise or lift up, esp by mechanical means
2.  hoist with one's own petard
noun
3. 
any apparatus or device for hoisting
4. 
the act of hoisting
5.  rotary clothesline
6. nautical
a. 
the amidships height of a sail bent to the yard with which it is hoisted
Compare drop (sense 15)
b. 
the difference between the set and lowered positions of this yard
7. nautical
the length of the luff of a fore-and-aft sail
8. nautical
a group of signal flags
9. 
the inner edge of a flag next to the staff
Compare fly1 (sense 25)

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Hoist

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verb transitive
1. 
to raise aloft; lift or pull up, esp. by means of a cable, pulley, crane, etc.
noun
2. 
an act of hoisting
3. 
an apparatus for raising heavy things; elevator; tackle
4.  Nautical
a. 
the perpendicular height of a sail or flag
b. 
a group of signal flags displayed together on one line

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Hoist

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v. hoist·ed, hoist·ing, hoists
v.tr.
1. To raise or haul up, often with the help of a mechanical apparatus. See Synonyms at lift.
2. To raise to one's mouth in order to drink: hoist a few beers.
v.intr.
To become raised or lifted.
n.
1. An apparatus for lifting heavy or cumbersome objects.
2. The act of hoisting; a lift.
3. Nautical
a. The height or vertical dimension of a flag or of any square sail other than a course.
b. A group of flags raised together as a signal.

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