hoist

hoist is a 5-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 7 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. noun. That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods.
3. noun. The act of hoisting; a lift.
4. noun. The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length when flying from a staff.
5. noun. The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay.
6. past participle. Hoisted.
7. noun. lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
8. verb. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

   "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"

   Synonyms: lift, wind

9. verb. raise

   "hoist the flags"

   "hoist a sail"

10. verb. move from one place to another by lifting

    "They hoisted the patient onto the operating table"

Synonyms

lift, wind

Common word forms

hoists, hoisted, hoister, hoisting

Words from these letters

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