Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of raising or elevating.
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- verb Present participle of
hoist .
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Examples
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The government set Wednesday as its target date to begin hoisting the trapped men out of the mine, saying that the nearly half-mile long shaft is sufficiently sound that only a small stretch of it will need to be reinforced with steel pipe.
World Watch 2010
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Let all this wonderful human power be used in hoisting human bodies up stairs on their own power instead of through doors.
Generate Energy with Fluxxlab’s ‘Revolution’ Revolving Door | Inhabitat 2008
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While the Grizzlies displayed good ball movement - they had 25 assists to Minnesota's 19 - the Wolves got caught up early in hoisting ill-advised shots without making the extra pass.
USATODAY.com 2007
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If celluloid sex has never succeeded in hoisting itself to the rank of a cinematographic or televisual genre, it is because we have denied it the right to be economically viable.
Boing Boing: November 16, 2003 - November 22, 2003 Archives 2003
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One boy, who was at home when the quake struck, recalled hoisting a mattress into the air to protect his mother and sister, as the walls of their house crashed down around them.
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One boy, who was at home when the quake struck, recalled hoisting a mattress into the air to protect his mother and sister, as the walls of their house crashed down around them.
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The Tea Party movement is a temporary movement which spontaneously arose in response to the insane amount of debt now up to $3 TRILLION in just two years that the far-left Dems in charge of the country are "hoisting" on us.
Welcome to the Tea Party: Infighting plagues conservative group 2010
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I spent time this weekend working through the details with scoping, and the some times suprising "hoisting" mechanism.
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There were other issues as well, such as hoisting a team playoff-record 32 three-point attempts (making only nine), not to mention the 20-point effort the Lakers surrendered to Suns centre Robin Lopez, who recently came back from a 52-day absence because of a back injury.
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I spent time this weekend working through the details with scoping, and the some times suprising "hoisting" mechanism.
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