to hoist
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4.7
- verb
- /hɔɪst/
:
elevar
- They used a pulley system to hoist the flag up the flagpole.
- hoist a flag
Given that the masculine ideal is the grit your teeth and bear it, get through it, just hoist the weight on your back and keep on walking type thing.
- Given that the masculine ideal is the grit your teeth and bear it, get through it, just hoist the weight on your back and keep on walking type thing.
- And then also they would have had to be in a percentage like degree that would have made it so difficult to hoist these things up there, especially at those weights.
- So I had a catheter put on side of the hoist, the woman hoist me off the bed with someone else and then pip me on to the a wheelchair, wheel me down to physio.
- I spent the day hoisted on my father's shoulders, staring out across the jellied mass of human heads.
- And then I will hoist this up.
Examples
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We rolled Wally Tucker in a piece of canvas and hoisted him into the boat.
Fiction book (1990) -
And then hoist the Palestinian flag over Union Station.
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Yes, OK, Let me hoist myself up into this truck.
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So we're going to have to lie you down at the side of the stage and then sort of hoist you up last minute.
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You should hoist this code signal to avoid being stopped again.
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On cue, a giant wax figure was hoisted into the air.
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Russell watched as two men filled a half-dozen sandbags and hoisted them onto the truck.
Fiction book (1991) -
Upon reaching the shore, Joe and Patricia are hoisted onto the shoulders of the natives and carried inland.
Fiction book (1990) -
The workers had to hoist the heavy equipment onto the truck using a crane.
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In the theater, the crew will hoist the backdrop before the show starts.
Synonyms
553
1.0
To raise something higher by hand or with a machine
107
1.1
To raise someone or something to a higher place
35
3.9
To lift or pull something heavy with effort
18
3.8
To hang or lift something using a strap
11
2.1
Move something to a higher place by pushing from below or behind
8
5.6
Raise a flag or sail by pulling on ropes
7
2.1
To lift something or someone to a higher place
5
5.9
To pull something up using a machine with a rope or cable
4
4.3
To lift a car or truck off the ground with a small lifting tool
3
4.5
To lift something heavy with a lot of effort
1
3.7
To lift or move heavy things using a tall machine with a long arm
1
6.1
To lift something with effort to see how heavy it is
1
4.8
To carry things into the attic for storage
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Etymology
To hoist comes from the old Dutch verb hijsen, 'to lift' or 'pull up', so to hoist something is simply to raise it up, often with ropes or machines.