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Verb hoist has 3 senses
- hoist, lift, wind - raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
--1 is one way to raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP
- hoist - move from one place to another by lifting; "They hoisted the patient onto the operating table"
--2 is one way to raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
Sample sentence:
They hoist the bags on the table
- hoist, run up - raise; "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail"
--3 is one way to raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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