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What (who) is Hoist - definition
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Hoisting; Hoists; Hoist (disambiguation)
hoist
I. v. a.
Raise, lift, elevate, heave, raise up.
II. n.
Lift, heave.
Hoist
·noun The act of hoisting; a lift.
II. Hoist ·p.p. Hoisted.
III. Hoist ·noun The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay.
IV. Hoist ·noun That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods.
V. Hoist ·noun The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length when flying from a staff.
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 up command.
hoist the flag stake one's claim to territory by displaying a flag.
Derivatives
hoister noun
Origin
C15: alt. of dialect hoise, prob. from Du. hijsen or Low Ger. hiesen.
Wikipedia
Hoist
Hoist may refer to:
- Hoist (device), a machine for lifting loads
- Hoist controller, a machine for raising and lowering goods or personnel by means of a cable
- Hydraulic hooklift hoist, another machine
- Hoist (mining), another machine
- Hoist (flag), the half of a flag nearer to the flagpole
- Hoist (album), by Phish
- USS Hoist (ARS-40), a Bolster class rescue and salvage ship acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II
- Hoist (motion), a parliamentary procedure used in Canadian legislative bodies
- Patient lift, for lifting people
- Outliner, filter for viewing
Examples of use of Hoist
1. Ministers may yet be hoist with their own petard.
2. Greenleaf would hoist the little boy high over his head.
3. They will hoist banners, wave signs and call for action.
4. Strike up the band, roll out the red carpet, hoist the bunting.
5. "Me and my colleagues had to get off the roof quickly using a special hoist.