Look up: hoist

1. Hoist
   Hoist is slang for to steal, particularly by shoplifting or pick pocketing.
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2. Hoist
   Hoist is slang for to steal, particularly by shoplifting or pick pocketing.
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3. hoist
   [n] - lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects 2. [v] - move from one place to another by lifting 3. [v] - raise, as of flags or sails 4. [v] - raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
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4. Hoist
   A hoist is an appliance whose rotational movement is restricted by guides or rails. It can only move in the vertical plane.
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5. hoist
   1. an arrangement of pulleys and wire rope or chain used for lifting heavy objects; a winch or similar device. 2. the drawworks; to raise or lift
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6. Hoist
   Mechanical lifting device.
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7. Hoist
   A hoist is a device often used on construction sites for the raising and lowering of heavy or cumbersome objects.
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8. Hoist
   is the part of the flag closest to the staff. The term is also used for the vertical width of a flag.
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9. hoist
   a handing apparatus moving vertically along uprights,used to interconnect storeys and the like Category: Mechanical engineering • to raise animals during the slaughter Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • in helicopters,the mechanism by wh...
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10. Hoist
    Hoist transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hoisted ; present participle & verbal noun Hoisting .] [ Middle English hoise , hyse , OD. hyssen , Dutch hijs...
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11. Hoist
    Hoist noun 1. That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods. 2. The act of hoisting; a lift. [ Collog.] 3. (Nautical) (a) The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly , or...
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12. Hoist
    Hoist past participle Hoisted. [ Obsolete] « 'T is the sport to have the enginer Hoist with his own petar.» Shak.
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13. hoist
    noun lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
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14. hoist
    verb raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; `hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car`
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15. hoist
    verb raise; `hoist the flags`; `hoist a sail`
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16. Hoist
    • (n.) The act of hoisting; a lift. • (p. p.) Hoisted. • (v. t.) To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight. • (n.) The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay. • ...
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17. hoist
    mechanical device used primarily for raising and lowering heavy loads but occasionally for moving objects horizontally. It usually consists of a ... [1 related articles]
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18. Hoist
    to raise aloft
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19. Hoist
    A drum on which hoisting rope is wound in the engine house, as the cage or skip is raised in the hoisting shaft.
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20. Hoist
    A chain or electric lifting device usually attached to a trolly which travels along a monorail or bridge crane.
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21. hoist
    hoist: see winch.
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22. hoist
    To raise or pull anything up.
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23. Hoist
    (album) `Hoist` is the seventh studio album by the jam band Phish. At the time of its release, Hoist was Phish`s best selling album. Hoist includes guest appearances from Alison Krauss, Béla Fleck, and other musicians, as well as actor Jonathan Frakes on trombone. The ...
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24. Hoist
    (Transformers) `Hoist` is the name of two fictional characters in the Transformers universes. Transformers: Generation 1: In the original Transformers toy line, Hoist (`Treuil` in French Canada, `Buffalo` in Italy) is an Autobot who functions as a repairman for the team, keeping them to a tig...
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25. Hoist
    (device) with a Wire Rope hoist (device) in blue suspended from bridge crane girder A `hoist` is a device used for lifting or lowering a load by means of a drum or lift-wheel around which rope or chain wraps. It may be manually operated, electrically or pneumatically driven and may use chain,...
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