hoist

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

hisser

palan

élever

lever

treuil

moufle

multiplier

parade

pendre

peser

porter

revêtir

soulever

verser

arborer

bourriquet

commencer à

engin de levage

guinder

levage

allumer

poulie multiple

arroser

🚰

construire

couvrir

flotter

jouer

Synonymes

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

Traductions

issare

alzare

erguer

hijsen

izar

hissen

heben

elevar

ophijsen

içar

alzar

elevar

alçar

aixecar

hissar

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/hɔɪst/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à néerlandais: hijsen

Appartenant à allemand: hissen

Appartenant à danois: hejse

Appartenant à français: hisser

Appartenant à catalan: hissar

Appartenant à italien: issare

Appartenant à sicilien: 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.