Dictionary Definition
hoist n : lifting device for raising heavy or
cumbersome objects
Verb
1 raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical
help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car" [syn: 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:
run
up]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
Alteration of hoise, apparently based on the past tense and participle.Pronunciation
- /hɔɪst/
- Rhymes: -ɔɪst
Verb
- 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.
- 1719: Daniel
Defoe, Robinson
Crusoe
- ...but this last was so heavy, I could not hoist it up to get it over the ship's side.
- 1719: Daniel
Defoe, Robinson
Crusoe
- In the context of "transitive|historical": to lift someone up to be flogged
- to be lifted up
Quotations
- They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails. — Pope
- Hoisting him into his father’s throne. — South
Translations
Noun
- a hoisting device, such as pulley or crane.
- the perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length, when flying from a staff.
- the vertical edge of a flag which is next to the staff.
- the height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or stay.
Translations
hoisting device
- Finnish: nostolaite, nosturi
perpendicular height of a flag
- Finnish: korkeus
vertical edge of a flag which is next to the
staff
- Finnish: tangonreuna
height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or
stay
- Finnish: etuliikki
Extensive Definition
Hoist may refer to:
- Hoist (device), for lifting loads
- Hoist (flag), the half of a flag nearer to the flagpole
- Hoist (album), by Phish
- Hoist (Transformers), a toy and fictional character
- Hoist (motion), a parliamentary procedure used in Canadian legislative bodies
- Patient lift, for lifting people
- Outliner, filter for viewing
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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