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hoist

  [hoist or, sometimes, hahyst]
Use hoisted in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to raise or lift, esp. by some mechanical appliance: to hoist a flag; to hoist the mainsail.
2. to raise to one's lips and drink; drink (esp. beer or whiskey) with gusto: Let's go hoist a few beers.
3. Archaic. a pt. and pp. of hoise.
–noun
4. an apparatus for hoisting, as a block and tackle, a derrick, or a crane.
5. act of hoisting; a lift: Give that sofa a hoist at your end.
6. Nautical.
a. the vertical dimension amidships of any square sail that is hoisted with a yard. Compare drop (def. 28).
b. the distance between the hoisted and the lowered position of such a yard.
c. the dimension of a fore-and-aft sail along the luff.
d. a number of flags raised together as a signal.
7. (on a flag)
a. the vertical dimension as flown from a vertical staff.
b. the edge running next to the staff. Compare fly (def. 36b).
—Idiom
8. hoist with or by one's own petard. petard (def. 4).
Origin:
1540–50; later var. of hoise, with -t as in against, etc.

Related forms:
hoister, noun

Synonyms:
1. elevate. See raise.

Antonyms:
1. lower.
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hoist   (hoist)   
v.   hoist·ed, hoist·ing, hoists

v.   tr.
  1. To raise or haul up with or as if with the help of a mechanical apparatus. See Synonyms at lift.
  2. To raise to one's mouth in order to drink: hoist a few beers.
v.   intr.
To become raised or lifted.
n.  
  1. An apparatus for lifting heavy or cumbersome objects.
  2. The act of hoisting; a lift.
  3. Nautical
    1. The height or vertical dimension of a flag or of any square sail other than a course.
    2. A group of flags raised together as a signal.

[Alteration of dialectal hoise, perhaps variant of Middle English hisse, heave!, possibly from Middle Dutch hissen, to haul.]
hoist'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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