hoist

Significado (English)

Verb

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

Synonyms

lift

raise

heave

elevate

run up

elevator

🛗

crane

derrick

tackle

hoist up

lever

wind up

lift up

winch

boost

hang

wind

raise up

rear

fly

✈️

up

🆙

heighten

winder

windlass

stand up

pulley

bring up

put up

levitate

breed

suspend

raising

keep

farm

uplift

pick up

haul up

sling

roll up

screw up

set

starter

steal

straight

take away

take out

hoik

trice

upheave

upraise

upright

wake up

weigh

block and tackle

bump up

hoise

weight

lifting device

electric hoist

starting engine

winding barrel

motor hoist

heave out

reel cart

add to

starting machine

advance

boost up

brandish

cast

convey

cut

dig out

display

doff

drag

draw

draw off

drink

🥤

elevator

🛗

erect

float

form

gather up

hang out

hang up

hauler

heave up

heft

hike

hoisting

hold up

hung up

jack

lift

mold

muffle

plant

🌱

promote

purchase

🛍️

reel

ring up

rob

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/hɔɪst/

Etimoloxía (English)

Cognate with neerlandés: hijsen

Cognate with alemán: hissen

Cognate with dinamarqués: hejse

Cognate with francés: hisser

Cognate with catalán: hissar

Cognate with italiano: issare

Cognate with siciliano: 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”), Catalan hissar (“to hoist”), Italian issare (“to hoist”), Sicilian jisari (“to hoist”), all borrowed from a Germanic source.