hoist

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[edit] Etymology

Alteration of hoise, apparently based on the past tense and participle. Confer Danish hisse, German hissen, Italian issare (loaned from a Germanic source).

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Infinitive
to hoist

Third person singular
hoists

Simple past
hoisted or hoist

Past participle
[[hoisted or hoist]]

Present participle
hoisting

to hoist (third-person singular simple present hoists, present participle hoisting, simple past and past participle hoisted or hoist)

  1. (transitive) To raise; to lift; to elevate; especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight.
  2. (transitive, historical) To lift someone up to be flogged.
  3. (intransitive) To be lifted up.

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  • "Hoisted" is about fifteen times more common than "hoist" in US usage as past and past participle.

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[edit] Noun

Singular
hoist

Plural
hoists

hoist (plural hoists)

  1. A hoisting device, such as pulley or crane.
  2. The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length, when flying from a staff.
  3. The vertical edge of a flag which is next to the staff.
  4. The height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or stay.

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