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hoist
[ hoistor, sometimes, hahyst ]
verb (used with object)
- to raise or lift, especially by some mechanical appliance:
to hoist a flag; to hoist the mainsail.
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- to raise to one's lips and drink; drink (especially beer or whiskey) with gusto:
Let's go hoist a few beers.
- Archaic. a simple past tense and past participle of hoise.
noun
- an apparatus for hoisting, as a block and tackle, a derrick, or a crane.
- act of hoisting; a lift:
Give that sofa a hoist at your end.
- Nautical.
- the vertical dimension amidships of any square sail that is hoisted with a yard. Compare drop ( def 31 ).
- 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.
- (on a flag)
- the vertical dimension as flown from a vertical staff.
- the edge running next to the staff. Compare fly 2( def 30b ).
hoist
/ 丑蓴瑟蝉迟 /
verb
- tr to raise or lift up, esp by mechanical means
- hoist with one's own petardSee petard
noun
- any apparatus or device for hoisting
- the act of hoisting
- nautical
- the amidships height of a sail bent to the yard with which it is hoisted Compare drop
- the difference between the set and lowered positions of this yard
- nautical the length of the luff of a fore-and-aft sail
- nautical a group of signal flags
- the inner edge of a flag next to the staff Compare fly 1
Derived Forms
- 藞丑辞颈蝉迟别谤, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 丑辞颈蝉迟顎侥谤 noun
- 耻苍路丑辞颈蝉迟顎侥诲 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of hoist1
Idioms and Phrases
- hoist by / with one's own petard. petard ( def 4 ).
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
This from a side that have seen the tremendous highs of lifting the Premier League title, travelled Europe in the Champions League and hoisted the FA Cup high at Wembley Stadium.
So she attempted to climb the border fence but was too weak to hoist herself up.
The man appeared alert, yelling and craning his head as he was hoisted into the vehicle.
She says she was lucky to still have the strength of her upper body, as there was no hoist to help lift her either.
鈥淏oth hoists required intense crew coordination due to the loose cliffside, dead trees, and limited power,鈥 U.S.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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