Synonyms:
hoist
Meaning: lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
hoist, lift, wind
Meaning: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
Usage examples
That's the day we shall hoist our blue Peter, Jack Harris says."
It was quite in keeping with his character that this gentle, high-minded, and religious man should, early in the contest, have proposed to hoist the black flag, neither take nor give quarter, and make the war one of extermination.