Definizione monolingua

hoist

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.
   • 1719: Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

     ...but this last was so heavy, I could not hoist it up to get it over the ships side.

   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     Between us, with much trouble, we managed to hoist him upstairs, and laid him on his bed, where his head fell back on the pillow, as if he were almost fainting.

   • 2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, BBC Sport:

     And when skipper Richie McCaw hoisted the Webb Ellis Trophy high into the night, a quarter of a century of hurt was blown away in an explosion of fireworks and cheering.

2. (transitive, historical) To lift someone up to be flogged.
3. (intransitive) To be lifted up.

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.

Definizione dizionario hoist

	alzare
	transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate

	elevare
	transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate

alzarsi

argano

innalzare

issare

montacarichi

paranco

sollevare

Altri significati:

The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length, when flying from a staff.

float (a flag)

hang (e.g. picture)

intransitive: to be lifted up

The vertical edge of a flag which is next to the staff.

(transitive, historical) To lift someone up to be flogged.

hoisting device

transitive: to lift someone up to be flogged

The height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or stay.

hoist (flag)

A hoisting device, such as pulley or crane.

(intransitive) To be lifted up.

(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.