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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
hoist
n 1: lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
v 1: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist
the bicycle onto the roof of the car" [syn: hoist,
lift, wind]
2: move from one place to another by lifting; "They hoisted the
patient onto the operating table"
3: raise; "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail" [syn: hoist, run
up]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
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They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails. --Pope.
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Hoisting him into his father's throne. --South.
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Hoisting engine, a steam engine for operating a hoist.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Hoist \Hoist\, n.
1. That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for
lifting goods.
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2. The act of hoisting; a lift. [Colloq.]
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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.
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Hoist bridge, a drawbridge that is lifted instead of being
swung or drawn aside.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Hoist \Hoist\, p. p.
Hoisted. [Obs.]
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'T is the sport to have the enginer
Hoist with his own petar. --Shak.
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Thesaurus Results for hoist:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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, windlass |
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Common Misspellings > |
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