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# hoist

verb (hoist, hoists, hoisted, hoisting); noun (a hoist, hoists)

«hoist» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To lift or pull something heavy up, often with ropes or a machine, as in «hoist the sails». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoist/#m1)
2. To raise a flag up a pole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoist/#m2)
3. (noun) A machine for lifting heavy things or people, as in «a hospital hoist». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoist/#m3)
4. (informal) To lift yourself or someone else up, as in «Dad hoisted me onto his shoulders». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoist/#m4)

### In the lessons

In history and stories of pirates and sailors: «Hoist the sails!» and «Hoist the Jolly Roger!». In science lessons, pulleys help hoist heavy loads with less effort. In everyday life, care homes and hospitals use a hoist to lift people safely. In a phrase: «hoist with his own petard» means caught by your own trick.

### Examples

- The sailors hoisted the sails. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoist/#x1)
- They hoisted the flag on the school's sports day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoist/#x2)
- A crane hoisted the steel beams onto the roof. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoist/#x3)
- Dad hoisted me onto his shoulders to watch the parade. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoist/#x4)
- The nurse used a hoist to lift the patient. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoist/#x5)
- A pulley makes it easier to hoist a heavy bucket. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoist/#x6)
- His brothers hoisted the stone to a great height, and then cut the rope. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoist/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: hoisted. «Hoist» (not «hoisted») is also an old past form in the phrase «hoist with his own petard». Close words: «lift», «raise», «haul».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hoist» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoist/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hoist» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hoist.html) on Mova free.