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- [hoist or, sometimes, hahyst]
- /hɔɪst or, sometimes, haɪst/
- /hɔɪst/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hoist or, sometimes, hahyst]
- /hɔɪst or, sometimes, haɪst/
Definitions of hoist word
- verb with object hoist to hoist. 1
- noun hoist an apparatus for hoisting, as a block and tackle, a derrick, or a crane. 1
- noun hoist act of hoisting; a lift: Give that sofa a hoist at your end. 1
- noun hoist Nautical. the vertical dimension amidships of any square sail that is hoisted with a yard. Compare drop (def 28). the distance between the hoisted and the lowered position of such a yard. the dimension of a fore-and-aft sail along the luff. a number of flags raised together as a signal. 1
- noun hoist the vertical dimension as flown from a vertical staff. the edge running next to the staff. Compare fly1 (def 30b). 1
- idioms hoist hoist by / with one's own petard. petard (def 4). 1
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Origin of hoist
First appearance:
before 1540 One of the 30% oldest English words
1540-50; later variant of hoise, with -t as in against, etc.
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Hoist
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hoist popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hoist usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hoist
verb hoist
- heave — to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax.
- pick up — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- raise — to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
- uphold — to support or defend, as against opposition or criticism: He fought the duel to uphold his family's honor.
- upraise — to raise up; lift or elevate.
noun hoist
- crane — A crane is a large machine that moves heavy things by lifting them in the air.
- elevator — A platform or compartment housed in a shaft for raising and lowering people or things to different floors or levels.
- pulley — a wheel, with a grooved rim for carrying a line, that turns in a frame or block and serves to change the direction of or to transmit force, as when one end of the line is pulled to raise a weight at the other end: one of the simple machines.
Antonyms for hoist
verb hoist
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- lessen — to become less.
- drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- lower — to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
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