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hoist

English

  1. 🔊 lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
  2. 🔊 raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
    “hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car”
  3. 🔊 raise
    “hoist the flags”
  4. 🔊 move from one place to another by lifting
    “They hoisted the patient onto the operating table”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 enarbolar to hoist
  2. 🔊 izar to hoist
  3. 🔊 cabria hoist, derrick

Similar words

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