ALL meanings of hoist
hoist
H h - transitive verb hoist raise 1
- transitive verb hoist lift 1
- noun hoist machine for lifting 1
- noun hoist act of hoisting 1
- noun hoist An act of raising or lifting something. 1
- 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
- noun hoist A hoisting device, such as pulley or crane. 0
- noun hoist The act of hoisting; a lift. 0
- noun hoist The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length, when flying from a staff. 0
- noun hoist The vertical edge of a flag which is next to the staff. 0
- noun hoist The height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or stay. 0
- verb hoist (Transitive 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. 0
- verb hoist (Transitive Verb) (historical) To lift someone up to be flogged. 0
- verb hoist (Intransitive Verb) To be lifted up. 0
- verb hoist If you hoist something heavy somewhere, you lift it or pull it up there. 0
- verb hoist (Transitive Verb) (computing theory) To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization. 0
- verb hoist If something heavy is hoisted somewhere, it is lifted there using a machine such as a crane. 0
- countable noun hoist A hoist is a machine for lifting heavy things. 0
- verb hoist If you hoist a flag or a sail, you pull it up to its correct position by using ropes. 0
- verb hoist to raise or lift up, esp by mechanical means 0
- noun hoist any apparatus or device for hoisting 0
- noun hoist the act of hoisting 0
- noun hoist the amidships height of a sail bent to the yard with which it is hoisted 0
- noun hoist the difference between the set and lowered positions of this yard 0
- noun hoist the length of the luff of a fore-and-aft sail 0
- noun hoist a group of signal flags 0
- noun hoist the inner edge of a flag next to the staff 0
- verb transitive hoist to raise aloft; lift or pull up, esp. by means of a cable, pulley, crane, etc. 0
- noun hoist an act of hoisting 0
- noun hoist an apparatus for raising heavy things; elevator; tackle 0
- noun hoist the perpendicular height of a sail or flag 0
- noun hoist a group of signal flags displayed together on one line 0