hoist

Definition of hoist

Verbs

raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

"hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"

Synonyms:: lift, wind

Types:: trice, trice up
hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope

Type of:: bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise
raise from a lower to a higher position

move from one place to another by lifting

"They hoisted the patient onto the operating table"

Type of:: bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise
raise from a lower to a higher position

raise

"hoist the flags"

"hoist a sail"

Synonyms:: run up

Type of:: bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise
raise from a lower to a higher position

Nouns

lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects

Types:: block and tackle
pulley blocks with associated rope or cable; headgear
the hoist at the pithead of a mine; wheel and axle
hoist so arranged that a rope unwinding from a wheel is wound onto a cylindrical drum or shaft coaxial with the wheel

Type of:: lifting device
a device for lifting heavy loads

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