1. Lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
   "The construction crew used a hoist to lift the steel beams"

1. Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
   "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car";
   - lift, wind[2]
    
2. Raise by using ropes and pulleys
   "hoist a sail"; "hoist the flags";
   - run up
    
3. Move from one place to another by lifting
   "They hoisted the patient onto the operating table"

Derived forms: hoisted, hoisting, hoists

Type of: bring up, elevate, get up, lift, lifting device, raise

Encyclopedia: Hoist