hoistverb [ T ]
uk/hɔɪst/us/hɔɪst/to lift something heavy, sometimes using ropes or a machine:
A helicopter hoisted the final section of the bridge into place.
With some difficulty he hoisted her onto his shoulders.
I scrabbled for a handhold and hoisted myself up.
hoist a flag
to raise a flag to the top of a pole using a rope
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Raising and lowering
- elevate
- elevated
- erect
- go down
- hike sth up
- hoick
- jack
- jack sth up
- lever
- leverage
- lower
- pick sb/sth up
- prick (sth) up
- pry
- put
- ride
- ride up
- run
- scoop sth/sb up
- winch
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Idiom(s)
be hoist(ed) with/by your own petard
hoistnoun [ C ]
uk/hɔɪst/us/hɔɪst/a device used for lifting heavy things
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Machines - general words
- 3-D printer
- automatic
- backhoe
- bot
- cash machine
- cement mixer
- cloud chamber
- compactor
- contraption
- cotton gin
- crank
- elevator
- humidifier
- lift
- Mk
- plant
- rotor
- selector
- sensitive
- vending machine
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