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English to English noun
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lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects |  | source: wordnet30
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That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods. | | source: webster1913
preposition
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Hoisted. | | source: webster1913
verb
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raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help | | Example: hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car
source: wordnet30
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move from one place to another by lifting | | Example: They hoisted the patient onto the operating table
source: wordnet30
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raise | | Example: hoist the flags
hoist a sail
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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