English Explanatory Dictionary

hoist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).
To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory.
To lift someone up to be flogged.
To be lifted up.
To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.
To steal.
To rob.

noun

Any member of certain classes of devices that hoist things.
The act of hoisting; a lift.
The triangular vertical position of a flag, as opposed to the flying state, or triangular vertical position of a sail, when flying from a mast.
The position of a flag (on a mast) or of a sail on a ship when lifted up to its highest level.
The position of a main fore-and-aft topsail on a ship and fore fore-and-aft topsail on a ship.

Pronunciation

/hɔɪst/ en-us-hoist.ogg

Word forms

hoist hoists hoisting hoisted

Etymology

Alteration of earlier hoise (“to hoist”), apparently based on the past tense forms, from Middle Dutch hisen (“to hoist”). Compare modern Dutch hijsen (“to hoist”), German hissen (“to hoist”), Danish hejse (“to hoist”). Compare also French hisser (“to hoist”), Galician isar (“to hoist”), Spanish izar (“to hoist”), Catalan hissar (“to hoist”), Italian issare (“to hoist”), Portuguese içar (“to hoist”), Sicilian jisari (“to hoist”), all borrowed from a Germanic source.

Derived words

hoistable hoistaway hoister hoistless hoistroom hoist the white flag hoistway hoist with one's own petard hoist on one's own petard rehoist unhoist unhoisted uphoist buck-hoist buck hoist Hills hoist hoist bridge hoist frame hoistman safety hoist skip hoist

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 旗面縱邊 /旗面纵边 Chinese Mandarin: 帆的升高 Finnish: korkeus

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