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hoist
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As a verb, hoist means raise. As a noun, it means a hoisting device, such as pulley or crane.
Meanings of hoist
16 meaningsverb
To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).
sportoften figurativeTo lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory.
To be lifted up.
comptheoryTo extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.
slangTo steal.
slangTo rob.
Move from one place to another by lifting
“They hoisted the patient onto the operating table”
Older and rare meanings (1)
historicalTo lift someone up to be flogged.
noun
A hoisting device, such as pulley or crane.
The act of hoisting; a lift.
“Give me a hoist over that wall.”
The triangular vertical position of a flag, as opposed to the flying state, or triangular vertical position of a sail, when flying from a mast.
The position of a flag (on a mast) or of a sail on a ship when lifted up to its highest level.
The position of a main fore-and-aft topsail on a ship and fore fore-and-aft topsail on a ship.
Lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).