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hoist

(h//Oi//st )

lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods.(noun)

source: webster1913

raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help(verb.contact)

Example:
Hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car.

Synonym:
lift, wind

source: wordnet30
move from one place to another by lifting(verb.contact)

Example:
They hoisted the patient onto the operating table.

source: wordnet30
raise(verb.contact)

Example:
Hoist the flags.
Hoist a sail.

Synonym:
cock up, keep, prick, prick up, run up, up

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913

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