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"hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"verbraise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
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"hoist the flags" "hoist a sail"verbraise
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nounlifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objectstype of:
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"They hoisted the patient onto the operating table"verbmove from one place to another by lifting
Definition that contains hoist
- trice hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope
- trice up hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope
- 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