hoist

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. (transitive) 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).
2. (figuratively, often, transitive) To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory.
3. (historical, transitive) To lift someone up to be flogged.
4. (intransitive) To be lifted up.
5. (transitive) To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.
6. (slang, transitive) To steal.
7. (slang, transitive) To rob.

Noun

1. Any member of certain classes of devices that hoist things.
2. The act of hoisting; a lift.
3. 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.
4. The position of a flag (on a mast) or of a sail on a ship when lifted up to its highest level.
5. The position of a main fore-and-aft topsail on a ship and fore fore-and-aft topsail on a ship.

Conceptes

elevar

alçar

aixecar

enlairar

hissar

pujar

muntacàrregues

càbria

elevador

polispast

criar

criar animals

Sinònims

lift

raise

heave

elevate

run up

hoist up

lift up

crane

tackle

winch

derrick

lever

wind up

elevator

🛗

hang

fly

✈️

wind

boost

rear

raise up

bring up

winder

breed

windlass

levitate

keep

uplift

up

🆙

stand up

raising

suspend

put up

haul up

pick up

pulley

heighten

farm

sling

hang up

hang out

doff

gather up

display

form

muffle

mold

float

dig out

lift

erect

Traduccions

hisser

issare

alzare

erguer

hijsen

heben

ophijsen

izar

içar

hissen

alzar

elevar

hochziehen

heffen

ophalen

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/hɔɪst/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb neerlandès: hijsen

Cognat amb alemany: hissen

Cognat amb danès: hejse

Cognat amb francès: hisser

Cognat amb català: hissar

Cognat amb italià: issare

Cognat amb sicilià: jisari

In summary

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.