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Definition of Hoist
1. Verb. Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help. "Hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
Specialized synonyms: Trice, Trice Up
Generic synonyms: Bring Up, Elevate, Get Up, Lift, Raise
Derivative terms: Hoister, Lift, Lift, Lift
2. Noun. Lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects.
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"
4. Verb. Raise. "Hoist a sail"
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
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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