hoist
part of speech
verb (hoist, hoists, hoisted, hoisting); noun (a hoist, hoists)
meaning for a pupil
1) To lift or pull something heavy up, often with ropes or a machine, as in «hoist the sails». tree →
2) To raise a flag up a pole. tree →
3) (noun) A machine for lifting heavy things or people, as in «a hospital hoist». tree →
4) (informal) To lift yourself or someone else up, as in «Dad hoisted me onto his shoulders». tree →
sense in the lessons
In history and stories of pirates and sailors: «Hoist the sails!» and «Hoist the Jolly Roger!». In science lessons, pulleys help hoist heavy loads with less effort. In everyday life, care homes and hospitals use a hoist to lift people safely. In a phrase: «hoist with his own petard» means caught by your own trick.
examples
- The sailors hoisted the sails. tree →
- They hoisted the flag on the school's sports day. tree →
- A crane hoisted the steel beams onto the roof. tree →
- Dad hoisted me onto his shoulders to watch the parade. tree →
- The nurse used a hoist to lift the patient. tree →
- A pulley makes it easier to hoist a heavy bucket. tree →
- His brothers hoisted the stone to a great height, and then cut the rope. tree →
note
Regular verb: hoisted. «Hoist» (not «hoisted») is also an old past form in the phrase «hoist with his own petard». Close words: «lift», «raise», «haul».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «hoist» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.