hoist

CEFRC1

/hɔɪst/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To lift or raise something heavy using ropes or equipment.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory.

Examples

  • Hoist your sail when the wind is fair.

  • Give me a hoist over that wall.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To lift someone up to be flogged.

  2. 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).

  3. To be lifted up.

More examples

In context

  • Give me a hoist.

  • They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails.

  • For tis the ſport to haue the enginer / Hoiſt with his ovvne petar, an't ſhall goe hard / But I vvill delue one yard belovve their mines, / And blovve them at the Moone: […]

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Origin

verb

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.