Definition of Hoist

1. Noun. Lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects.

Specialized synonyms: Block And Tackle, Headgear, Wheel And Axle
Generic synonyms: Lifting Device

2. Verb. Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help. "Hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
Exact synonyms: Lift, Wind
Specialized synonyms: Trice, Trice Up
Generic synonyms: Bring Up, Elevate, Get Up, Lift, Raise
Derivative terms: Hoister, Lift, Lift, Lift

3. Verb. Move from one place to another by lifting. "They hoist the bags on the table"; "They hoisted the patient onto the operating table"
Generic synonyms: Bring Up, Elevate, Get Up, Lift, Raise

4. Verb. Raise. "Hoist a sail"
Exact synonyms: Run Up
Generic synonyms: Bring Up, Elevate, Get Up, Lift, Raise

Definition of Hoist

1. v. t. 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.

2. n. That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods.

3. p. p. Hoisted.

Definition of Hoist

1. Verb. (transitive) To raise; to lift; to elevate; especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive historical) To lift someone up to be flogged. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To be lifted up. ¹

4. Noun. A hoisting device, such as pulley or crane. ¹

5. Noun. The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length, when flying from a staff. ¹

6. Noun. The vertical edge of a flag which is next to the staff. ¹

7. Noun. The height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or stay. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hoist

1. to haul up by some mechanical means [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoist

hoidenhood
hoidening
hoidenish
hoidens
hoik
hoiked
hoiking
hoiks
hoing
hoise
hoised
hoises
hoisin
hoisin sauce
hoising
hoist (current term)
hoist by one's own petard
hoist on one's own petard
hoist with one's own petard
hoistable
hoistaway
hoistaways
hoisted
hoisted by one's own petard
hoisted on one's own petard
hoisted with one's own petard
hoister
hoisters
hoisting
hoistings

Literary usage of Hoist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1922)
"Where adequate electric power is available, there are few cases where it would be advisable to install a steam or air hoist. The type of electrical ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1904)
"Full power application can be continued longer with an electric hoist ... It is in lowering .the empty shovel that the electric hoist has marked advantages. ..."

3. Methods of Teaching History by Andrew Dickson White (1884)
"Independence: Von hoist, Ii. 558-85. Recognition by the United States : Von ... Harrison's policy : Von hoist, n. 406-12. Tyler and the bank : Von hoist, n. ..."

4. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1917)
"1 hoist starts, hoisting its South skip. The closing of the master controller ... 1 hoist controller gradually to the full-speed position in one direction. ..."

5. Transactions by European Orthodontic Society, Lina Oswald, Northern Ohio Dental Society, Ossory Archaeological Society, Wentworth Historical Society, Society of Automobile Engineers (1910)
"By AIEE TESTS-OF AN ILGNER ELECTRIC hoist BY RR SEEBER In the copper mining district of northern Michigan a fair- sized mine usually operates two or more ..."

6. Bridge Engineering by John Alexander Low Waddell (1916)
"hoist.—A machine for lifting weights or loads of various kinds. To elevate by mean. ... Assembling hoist.—A hoist for lifting and assembling the ..."

7. Cases on the Law of Torts by Francis Hermann Bohlen (1915)
"up the stairs, and the other by using the hoist, the gate of which is on the ground ... The sheriff again does not say distinctly that the hoist was not ..."

8. A Manual of the Steam Engine and Other Prime Movers by William John Macquorn Rankine (1870)
"The bucket hoist is a bulky and heavy machine, and slow in ita operation ... During the intervals when the hoist is standing idle, the steam engine is still ..."

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