1
as in to heave
to lift with effort
dockworkers hoisted all 164 barrels of molasses out of the ship's hold when it arrived in port
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2
as in to lift
to move from a lower to a higher place or position
hoisted the flag on the flagpole
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3
as in to sip
to swallow in liquid form
I have time to hoist a couple beers before heading home
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as in raising
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Recent Examples of hoist
Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
The patient’s condition required rescuers to hoist and carry them down to a helicopter waiting to fly them to a trauma center for treatment, the agency said.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2025
For example, Denmark may want helicopters with the hoist crane on the left rather than the right, whereas Italy may want tanks with space for an additional soldier.
—Elisabeth Braw, Foreign Affairs, 27 Nov. 2016
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Verb
Because of the area’s steep terrain, a helicopter was brought in to hoist bags of trash and other debris and deposit them in large containers.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
The patient’s condition required rescuers to hoist and carry them down to a helicopter waiting to fly them to a trauma center for treatment, the agency said.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
Watch the sun hoist itself over the distant mountains, and later enjoy unmatched stargazing.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2025
For example, Denmark may want helicopters with the hoist crane on the left rather than the right, whereas Italy may want tanks with space for an additional soldier.
—Elisabeth Braw, Foreign Affairs, 27 Nov. 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoist
Verb
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What’s to love about heaving a 12-pound ball of iron?—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2025
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Yet, far from being overshadowed by the star’s appearance, Owens enjoyed plenty of additional attention for his new designs — in particular, a pair of knee-high boots heaving with a plume of feathery leather strips.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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Each carriage turns 360 degrees while lifting riders to 6 feet in the air.—
Samantha Neely,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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When Medina instead lifts his right arm, which held the replica gun, officers open fire, striking Medina multiple times.—
Max Levy,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2025
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The beer garden and front patio are both excellent places to soak up the sunny weather and sip a cold one. 3keysbrewing.com; 2505 Manatee Ave.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
21 Mar. 2025
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Once inside the dining hall, Middleton paid for the soldiers’ drinks and was even spotted sipping a half-pint of Guinness — the unit’s go-to drink — herself, People reported.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2025
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The use of online genetic databases by law enforcement has also raised concerns about personal privacy rights.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2025
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Researchers and business executives not occupied with raising billions of dollars have started to provide empirical indicators of the organizational implications of AI, similar to what was captured by the IT moment of 1958.—
Gil Press,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Tonya drinks too much and is blacked out most of the time.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
30 Mar. 2025
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Currently, more than 200 million Americans, or about 75% of the population, drink fluoridated water.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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And last Friday, a Delta Air Lines flight departing the airport experienced a close call just after takeoff as four Air Force jets were headed toward a flyover at Arlington National Cemetary.—
Kris Van Cleave,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2025
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The second crash, on March 10, 2019, happened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, when a Boeing aircraft crashed minutes after takeoff and killed 157 people onboard.—
Clara McMichael,
ABC News,
24 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Papa uses this moment to gulp the wine in Elijah's cup.—
Holly Rizzuto Palker,
Parents,
27 Mar. 2025
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Slurp your bev up like a straw or tip the bottle back to gulp it down.—
Louryn Strampe,
WIRED,
22 Mar. 2025
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The key indexes fell through a trap door right from the latest all-time high set on Feb. 19, at least until the final minutes of Friday’s session, when a huge cluster of buy orders set for the month-end close met a shaken and mildly oversold tape to drive a quick 1.5% levitation in the S & P 500.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2025
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Seven months later, playing for Team USA at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, Carter capped his year of levitation by jumping over France’s 7-2 center, Frederic Weis, en route to a violent, yet somehow, also, elegant, slam in a preliminary round game.—
Marcus Thompson II,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Hoist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoist. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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