Definition of 'hoist'
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense hoists
, present participle hoisting
, past tense, past participle hoisted
1. verb
Hoisting my suitcase on to my shoulder, I turned and headed toward my hotel. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
Grabbing the side of the bunk, he hoisted himself to a sitting position. [VERB pronoun-reflexive preposition/adverb]
[Also VERB noun] 2. verb
If something heavy is hoisted somewhere, it is lifted there using a machine such as a crane.
A twenty-foot steel pyramid is to be hoisted into position on top of the tower. [be VERB-ed preposition/adverb]
3. countable noun
A hoist is a machine for lifting heavy things.
4. verb
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hoist in British English
noun
3.
any apparatus or device for hoisting
4.
the act of hoisting
5. See rotary clothesline
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Derived forms
hoister (ˈhoister) noun
Word origin
C16: variant of hoise, probably from Low German; compare Dutch hijschen, German hissenWord Frequency
hoist in American English
noun
2.
an act of hoisting
4. Nautical
a.
the perpendicular height of a sail or flag
b.
a group of signal flags displayed together on one line
SIMILAR WORDS: lift
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hoist in American English
(hɔist, haist)
noun
SYNONYMS 1. elevate. See raise.ANTONYMS 1. lower.6.
act of hoisting; a lift
Give that sofa a hoist at your end
7. Nautical
a. Compare drop (sense 28)
b.
the distance between the hoisted and the lowered position of such a yard
c.
the dimension of a fore-and-aft sail along the luff
d.
a number of flags raised together as a signal
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Derived forms
hoister noun
Word origin
[1540–50; later var. of hoise, with -t as in against, etc.]Examples of 'hoist' in a sentence
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British English: hoist
VERB /hɔɪst/
If you hoist something heavy somewhere, you lift it or pull it up there.
Hoisting my suitcase on to my shoulder, I turned and headed towards my hotel.
British English: hoist
NOUN /hɔɪst/
A hoist is a machine for lifting heavy things.
He uses a hydraulic hoist to unload two empty barrels.
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