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
    [device] 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, fiber or wire rope as its lifting medium. The load is attached to the hoist...
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20. 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 Québec, Buffalo in Italy) is an Autobot who functions as a repairman for the team, keeping them to a tight maint...
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21. Hoist
    [album] Hoist is the fifth official studio album by the American rock band Phish, released on March 29, 1994, by Elektra Records. At the time of its release, Hoist was Phish`s best selling album to date. The band suggested a few ideas for the album`s title before finally settling on Hoist; o...
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22. 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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23. Hoist
    A chain or electric lifting device usually attached to a trolly which travels along a monorail or bridge crane.
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24. hoist
    hoist: see winch.
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25. hoist
    To raise or pull anything up.
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