Synonyms of the word hoist


HOISTELEVATE - LIFT - RAISE - WIND

hoist

  • v. (transitive) To raise; to lift; to elevate; especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means…
  • v. (transitive, historical) To lift someone up to be flogged.
  • v. (intransitive) To be lifted up.
  • v. (transitive, computing theory) To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.
  • n. A hoisting device, such as pulley or crane.
  • n. The act of hoisting; a lift.
  • n. The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length, when flying from a staff.
  • n. The vertical edge of a flag which is next to the staff.
  • n. The height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or stay.

elevate

  • v. (transitive) To raise (something) to a higher position; to lift.
  • v. (transitive) To promote (someone) to a higher rank.
  • v. (transitive) To ennoble or honour/honor (someone).
  • v. (transitive) To lift someone's spirits; to cheer up.
  • v. (transitive) To increase the intensity of something, especially that of sound.
  • v. (dated, colloquial, humorous) To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.
  • v. (obsolete, Latinism) To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.
  • adj. (obsolete) Elevated; raised aloft.

lift

  • n. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Air.
  • n. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To raise or rise.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To steal. (for this sense Cleasby suggests perhaps a relation to the root of Gothic…
  • v. (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
  • v. (transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.).
  • v. (transitive) to cause to move upwards.
  • v. (informal, intransitive) To lift weights; to weight-lift.
  • v. To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
  • v. To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
  • v. (obsolete) To bear; to support.
  • v. To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
  • v. (computing, programming) To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
  • n. An act of lifting or raising.
  • n. The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
  • n. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between…
  • n. An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
  • n. (measurement) the difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated…
  • n. (historical slang) A thief.
  • n. (dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
  • n. Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
  • n. an improvement in mood.
  • n. The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
  • n. A rise; a degree of elevation.
  • n. A lift gate.
  • n. (nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or…
  • n. (engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
  • n. (shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
  • n. (horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.

raise

  • v. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
  • v. (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
  • v. (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
  • v. (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
  • v. (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
  • v. (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof…
  • v. To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or…
  • v. (computing) To throw (an exception).
  • n. (US) An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK).
  • n. (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
  • n. (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
  • n. (poker) A bet which increased the previous bet.
  • n. A cairn or pile of stones.

wind

  • n. (countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or…
  • n. Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
  • n. (countable, uncountable) The ability to breathe easily.
  • n. News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip. (Used with catch, often in the past tense.).
  • n. (India and Japan) One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
  • n. (uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.
  • n. Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
  • n. A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points,…
  • n. A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent…
  • n. Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
  • n. A bird, the dotterel.
  • n. (boxing, slang) The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary…
  • v. (transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
  • v. (transitive) To cause (someone) to become breathless, often by a blow to the abdomen.
  • v. (reflexive) To exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath.
  • v. (Britain) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
  • v. (transitive) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
  • v. (transitive) To perceive or follow by scent.
  • v. (transitive) To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
  • v. (transitive) To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.
  • v. (transitive) To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
  • v. (transitive) To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.
  • v. To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
  • v. (ergative) To travel, or to cause something to travel, in a way that is not straight.
  • v. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate;…
  • v. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
  • v. To cover or surround with something coiled about.
  • n. The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.

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