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hoist (verb)

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  • hoist — ► VERB 1) raise by means of ropes and pulleys. 2) haul or lift up. ► NOUN 1) an act of hoisting. 2) an apparatus for hoisting. 3) the part of a flag nearest the staff. 4) a group of flags raised as a signal …   English terms dictionary

  • hoist — [hɔɪst] verb [transitive] to increase something quickly or suddenly: • The state is getting ready to hoist its sales tax next week. hoist noun [countable] : • High Street banks raised their lending rates by 2% following the Government s initial… …   Financial and business terms

  • hoist´er — hoist «hoyst», verb, noun. –v.t. to raise on high; lift up, often with ropes and pulleys: »to hoist a flag, to hoist sails, to hoist blocks of stone in building. –n. 1. the act of hoisting; lift; boost: »He gave me a hoist up the wall. 2 …   Useful english dictionary

  • hoist — (v.) 1540s, to raise, earlier hoise (c.1500), probably originally past tense of M.E. hysse (late 15c.), which is probably from M.Du. hyssen (Du. hijsen) to hoist, related to Low Ger. hissen and O.N. hissa upp raise. A nautical word found in most… …   Etymology dictionary

  • hoist — meaning ‘to raise or haul up’, has past and past participle forms hoisted. Historically hoist is a participial form of an earlier verb hoise (with the same meaning), and it survives in this form in the expression hoist with one s own petard,… …   Modern English usage

  • hoist — verb raise by means of ropes and pulleys. ↘haul up. noun 1》 an act of hoisting. 2》 an apparatus for hoisting something. 3》 the part of a flag nearest the staff. 4》 a group of flags raised as a signal. Phrases hoist one s flag (of an admiral) take …   English new terms dictionary

  • hoist — verb Hoist is used with these nouns as the object: ↑backpack, ↑bag, ↑banner, ↑flag, ↑sail …   Collocations dictionary

  • hoist — [[t]hɔ͟ɪst[/t]] hoists, hoisting, hoisted 1) VERB If you hoist something heavy somewhere, you lift it or pull it up there. [V n prep/adv] Hoisting my suitcase on to my shoulder, I turned and headed toward my hotel... [V pron refl prep/adv]… …   English dictionary

  • hoist — I UK [hɔɪst] / US verb [transitive] Word forms hoist : present tense I/you/we/they hoist he/she/it hoists present participle hoisting past tense hoisted past participle hoisted 1) a) to lift someone or something to a higher place Tim hoisted the… …   English dictionary

  • hoist — hoist1 [ hɔıst ] verb transitive 1. ) to lift someone or something to a higher place: Tim hoisted the boy onto his shoulders. a ) to lift something or someone using special equipment: The bridge was hoisted into place by a crane. 2. ) to increase …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • hoist — /hɔɪst / (say hoyst) verb (t) (hoisted, Archaic, hoist, hoisting) 1. to raise or lift, especially by some mechanical appliance: to hoist sail. 2. Colloquial to steal, especially to shoplift. 3. Colloquial to throw. –noun 4. an apparatus for… …  

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