Hoist

What “Hoist” means

Verb

1. 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).
2. To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory.
3. To lift someone up to be flogged.
4. To be lifted up.
5. To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.

Noun

1. Any member of certain classes of devices that hoist things.
2. The act of hoisting; a lift.
3. 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.
4. The position of a flag (on a mast) or of a sail on a ship when lifted up to its highest level.
5. The position of a main fore-and-aft topsail on a ship and fore fore-and-aft topsail on a ship.

Where the word comes from

Alteration of earlier hoise (“to hoist”), apparently based on the past tense forms, from Middle Dutch hisen (“to hoist”). Compare modern Dutch hijsen (“to hoist”), German hissen (“to hoist”), Danish hejse (“to hoist”). Compare also French hisser (“to hoist”), Galician isar (“to hoist”), Spanish izar (“to hoist”), Catalan hissar (“to hoist”), Italian issare (“to hoist”), Portuguese içar (“to hoist”), Sicilian jisari (“to hoist”), all borrowed from a Germanic source.

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Industries where “Hoist” fits

We suggest this word for 1 business types and industries, including:

• Overhead Traveling Crane, Hoist, and Monorail System Manufacturing