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Give immediate instruction to all your posts in said territory, under your direction, at no time and on no pretence to hoist, or suffer be hoisted, the English flag.
Zebulon Pike

Meaning of "hoist" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HOIST

Variant of hoise, probably from Low German; compare Dutch hijschen, German hissen.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HOIST

hoist  [hɔɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOIST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hoist is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb hoist in English.

WHAT DOES HOIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hoist

Hoist may refer to: ▪ Hoist, a machine for lifting loads ▪ Hoist controller, a machine for raising and lowering goods or personnel by means of a cable ▪ Hydraulic hooklift hoist, another machine ▪ Hoist, another machine ▪ Hoist, the half of a flag nearer to the flagpole ▪ Hoist, by Phish ▪ Hoist, a toy and fictional character ▪ USS Hoist, a Bolster class rescue and salvage ship acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II ▪ Hoist, a parliamentary procedure used in Canadian legislative bodies ▪ Patient lift, for lifting people ▪ Outliner, filter for viewing...

Definition of hoist in the English dictionary

The first definition of hoist in the dictionary is to raise or lift up, esp by mechanical means. Other definition of hoist is any apparatus or device for hoisting. Hoist is also the act of hoisting.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HOIST

PRESENT

Present
I hoist
you hoist
he/she/it hoists
we hoist
you hoist
they hoist
Present continuous
I am hoisting
you are hoisting
he/she/it is hoisting
we are hoisting
you are hoisting
they are hoisting
Present perfect
I have hoisted
you have hoisted
he/she/it has hoisted
we have hoisted
you have hoisted
they have hoisted
Present perfect continuous
I have been hoisting
you have been hoisting
he/she/it has been hoisting
we have been hoisting
you have been hoisting
they have been hoisting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I hoisted
you hoisted
he/she/it hoisted
we hoisted
you hoisted
they hoisted
Past continuous
I was hoisting
you were hoisting
he/she/it was hoisting
we were hoisting
you were hoisting
they were hoisting
Past perfect
I had hoisted
you had hoisted
he/she/it had hoisted
we had hoisted
you had hoisted
they had hoisted
Past perfect continuous
I had been hoisting
you had been hoisting
he/she/it had been hoisting
we had been hoisting
you had been hoisting
they had been hoisting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will hoist
you will hoist
he/she/it will hoist
we will hoist
you will hoist
they will hoist
Future continuous
I will be hoisting
you will be hoisting
he/she/it will be hoisting
we will be hoisting
you will be hoisting
they will be hoisting
Future perfect
I will have hoisted
you will have hoisted
he/she/it will have hoisted
we will have hoisted
you will have hoisted
they will have hoisted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been hoisting
you will have been hoisting
he/she/it will have been hoisting
we will have been hoisting
you will have been hoisting
they will have been hoisting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would hoist
you would hoist
he/she/it would hoist
we would hoist
you would hoist
they would hoist
Conditional continuous
I would be hoisting
you would be hoisting
he/she/it would be hoisting
we would be hoisting
you would be hoisting
they would be hoisting
Conditional perfect
I would have hoist
you would have hoist
he/she/it would have hoist
we would have hoist
you would have hoist
they would have hoist
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been hoisting
you would have been hoisting
he/she/it would have been hoisting
we would have been hoisting
you would have been hoisting
they would have been hoisting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you hoist
we let´s hoist
you hoist
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to hoist
Past participle
hoisted
Present Participle
hoisting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOIST


devoiced
diːˈvɔɪst
foist
fɔɪst
honest
ˈɒnɪst
interest
ˈɪntrɪst
joist
dʒɔɪst
latest
ˈleɪtɪst
list
lɪst
moist
mɔɪst
paste
peɪst
playlist
ˈpleɪˌlɪst
quoist
kwɔɪst
semimoist
ˌsemɪˈmɔɪst
specialist
ˈspɛʃəlɪst
taste
teɪst
tourist
ˈtʊərɪst
unrejoiced
ˌʌnrɪˈdʒɔɪst
unvoiced
ʌnˈvɔɪst
uphoist
ʌpˈhɔɪst
voiced
vɔɪst
waste
weɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOIST

hoi polloi
hoick
hoicks
hoiden
hoidenish
hoidenishness
hoisin
hoist with one´s own petard
hoister
hoistman
hoistway
hoity-toity
hojatoleslam
hojatolislam
hoka
hoke
hokey
hokey cokey
hokey-pokey

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOIST

altoist
banjoist
bongoist
echoist
egoist
Hills Hoist
jingoist
judoist
Maoist
oboist
poloist
rolled-steel joist
Shintoist
soloist
sumoist
Taoist
tattooist
Titoist
torpedoist
zoist

Synonyms and antonyms of hoist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HOIST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hoist» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of hoist
crane · elevate · elevator · erect · heave · lift · raise · tackle · upraise · winch

Translation of «hoist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOIST

Find out the translation of hoist to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hoist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hoist» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

提起
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

levantar
570 millions of speakers

English

hoist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फहराने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رفع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

таль
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

içar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খাটান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hisser
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Angkat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hochheben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

持ち上げる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

들어올리다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Angkat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kéo lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஏந்தி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आधार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

vinç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

issare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podnośnik
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

таль
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ridicare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανυψωτήρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

takel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hissa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

heise
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hoist

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOIST»

The term «hoist» is very widely used and occupies the 11.761 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOIST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hoist» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hoist» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hoist

EXAMPLES

4 QUOTES WITH «HOIST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hoist.
1
H. L. Mencken
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
2
Zebulon Pike
Give immediate instruction to all your posts in said territory, under your direction, at no time and on no pretence to hoist, or suffer be hoisted, the English flag.
3
Barney Ross
I'd get a shell, they weighed about 80 pounds I think, but when I was 19 or 20 that was nothing. I'd take a shell and a bag of powder, I'd put it in the hoist and then I would send it up to the gun.
4
Robert Southwell
Hoist up sail while gale doth last, Tide and wind stay no man's pleasure.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOIST»

Discover the use of hoist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hoist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hoist and Haul 2010
Hoist and Haul 2010 is a compilation of the papers delivered at the prestigious "2010 International Conference on Hoisting and Haulage.
Peter Brokenshire, Susan Andersen, 2010
2
SME Mining Engineering Handbook
When used with a skip or cage in balance with a counterweight, a single drum hoist can service one or more levels since the location of the counterweight is not important. When used with two skips in balance, the single drum hoist is best ...
3
Australia's Greatest Inventions: From Boomerangs to the ...
This book is part of Exisle Publishing's Little Red Books series. Every title in the Little Red Books series provides an overview of key events, people or places in Australian history.
Lynda De Lacey, 2010
4
Materials Handling Handbook
Specific details regarding the environmental conditions that could be encountered should be referred to a hoist manufacturer in order to obtain a unit that will perform satisfactorily under such conditions. Manually Operated Hand- Chain Hoist ...
Raymond A. Kulwiec, 1985
5
Yeast Hoist 12: Stop Thinking Start Sleeping Stop Sleeping ...
Erotic, electric and wildly experimental drawings and stories of the math-rock comics genius collected for the first time! A must-have for comics-art lovers.
Ron Reg, Jr., 2006
6
Handbook of OSHA Construction Safety and Health, Second Edition
HOIST, OVERHEAD (1926.554) When operating an overhead hoist, the safe working load, as determined by the manufacturer, is to be indicated on the hoist, and this safe working load shall not be exceeded. Also, the supporting structure to ...
Charles D. Reese, James Vernon Eidson, 2006
7
Hoist a Cold One!: Historic Bars of the Southwest
Historic Bars of the Southwest Melody Groves. Hoist a Cold One! Historic Bars of the Southwest Melody Grovesphotos by Myke Groves University of New Mexico Press. Hoist a Cold One!
Melody Groves, 2011
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Introductory Mining Engineering
hoist for the same hoisting capacity. The number of ropes is usually four or six. but there are hoists with as few as one or as many as ten ropes. Asa drum hoist begins to hoist a load from the bottom of the shaft, the rope load is all on one side  ...
Howard L. Hartman, Jan M. Mutmansky, 2002
9
Manual Handling in Health and Social Care: An A-Z of Law and ...
EATON v WEST LOTHIAN NHS TRUST Student nurse; hoist; jamming of handle; credibility of evidence; Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1992; negligence case A student nurse claimed that she had been injured in 1995 ...
Michael Mandelstam, 2002
10
Surface and Underground Excavations: Methods, Techniques and ...
Single drum hoist with skips in balance: This arrangement is best suited for production hoisting from single level. If it is to be used as multi level hoisting, then skip resetting is required which reduces the efficiency. Double drum hoist - one drum ...
Ratan Raj Tatiya, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hoist is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Funding needed for hoist | Otago Daily Times Online News : Otago …
Dunedin City Council aquatic services manager Paulien Leijnse said the council supported installing the hoist at the pool and would cover ... «Otago Daily Times, Jul 15»
2
Foreign hiker rescued in bold helicopter hoist | News24
Durban - A French hiker who was stranded on a rocky ledge for more than 24 hours was hoisted to safety in a bold helicopter rescue in the ... «News24, Jul 15»
3
UK Hospital Pilots RFID for Bed and Hoist Tracking - RFID Journal
UK Hospital Pilots RFID for Bed and Hoist Tracking. Heart of England NHS Trust is using active RFID tags and readers from Harland Simon at ... «RFID Journal, Jul 15»
4
Hoist Your Headphones in Style - WSJ
Hoist Your Headphones in Style. Your headphones serve you diligently each day. Give them a proper home with one of these elegant stands ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
5
Integral Hoist Bulk Bag Discharger
Spiroflow Systems offers an integral hoist T6 bulk bag discharger that is a fully self-contained unloading station for dust-free and controllable ... «Powder Bulk Solids, Jul 15»
6
Houlihan IPO will hoist new boutique value flag
The U.S. advisory firm had lowish profit margins on $681 mln of revenue last year, and new owners won't have much say. But Houlihan Lokey ... «Breakingviews, Jul 15»
7
Open Championship News: 7 Best Never to Hoist the Claret Jug
Before his triumph at Murifield, Mickelson would have been considered one of the best all-around players to never hoist the claret jug. Now ... «Bunkers Paradise, Jul 15»
8
Sheriff's Aviation performs a hoist rescue in Mt. Baldy near San …
The crew determined a hoist rescue would need to be performed. A Sheriff's Flight Nurse was hoisted down to Andrew and he was assessed. «Highland Community News, Jul 15»
9
Bill Cosby, moralist, hoist with his own petard
If so, it would be easy to understand. Last week's bulletin about accused serial rapist Bill Cosby was sensational enough that one might be ... «Albuquerque Journal, Jul 15»
10
Chennimalai residents hoist black flags atop houses
Intensified support for president of Paniampalli Panchayat Sivakumar, who has been jailed in a 'foisted' case registered by the police, reflected ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»

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