'Hoist' definitions:

Definition of 'hoist'

(from WordNet)
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" [syn: hoist, lift, wind]
verb
Move from one place to another by lifting; "They hoisted the patient onto the operating table"
verb
Raise; "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail" [syn: hoist, run up]

Definition of 'Hoist'

From: GCIDE
  • Hoist \Hoist\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoisting.] [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. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • Hoisting him into his father's throne. --South. [1913 Webster]
  • Hoisting engine, a steam engine for operating a hoist. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hoist'

From: GCIDE
  • Hoist \Hoist\, n.
  • 1. That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The act of hoisting; a lift. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Naut.) (a) The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length when flying from a staff. (b) The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay. --Totten. [1913 Webster]
  • Hoist bridge, a drawbridge that is lifted instead of being swung or drawn aside. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hoist'

From: GCIDE
  • Hoist \Hoist\, p. p. Hoisted. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 'T is the sport to have the enginer Hoist with his own petar. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'hoist'

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