0 past simple and past participle of hoist
1 to lift something heavy, sometimes using ropes or a machine:
With some difficulty he hoisted her onto his shoulders.
A helicopter hoisted the final section of the bridge into place.
If that does not work, they are hoisted out of bed.
There remain then twenty-three admirals who have hoisted their flags.
They can only be hoisted into a specially adapted vehicle.
They were promised two years' hard slog, with growth stifled, taxes hoisted, prices soaring, employment falling.
One hoisted one flag and one showed another.
But they are hoisted on the petard of their own muddle.
The cutter could neither be hoisted owing to the sea alongside, nor moored safely astern.
Every month sees the balance of insecurity hoisted a little higher.
