HOIST
Dictionary entry overview: What does hoist mean?
• HOIST (noun)
The noun HOIST has 1 sense:
1. lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
Familiarity information: HOIST used as a noun is very rare.
• HOIST (verb)
The verb HOIST has 3 senses:
1. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
2. move from one place to another by lifting
3. raise
Familiarity information: HOIST used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• HOIST (noun)
Meaning:
Lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hoist" is a kind of...):
lifting device (a device for lifting heavy loads)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hoist"):
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)
• HOIST (verb)
Meaning:
Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
hoist; wind; lift
Context example:
hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car
Hypernyms (to "hoist" is one way to...):
bring up; elevate; get up; lift; raise (raise from a lower to a higher position)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hoist"):
trice; trice up (hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Move from one place to another by lifting
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
They hoisted the patient onto the operating table
Hypernyms (to "hoist" is one way to...):
bring up; elevate; get up; lift; raise (raise from a lower to a higher position)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
They hoist the bags on the table
Meaning:
Raise
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
run up; hoist
Context examples:
hoist the flags / hoist a sail
Hypernyms (to "hoist" is one way to...):
bring up; elevate; get up; lift; raise (raise from a lower to a higher position)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
