hoisted

Hauled toward sky

Hoisted is the past tense of hoist, meaning to raise or lift something, typically with mechanical assistance or effort: They hoisted the flag at dawn, The crane hoisted the beam into place.

To be hoisted by your own petard is to be undone by your own scheme—a petard being an explosive device that might detonate prematurely.

lifting

crane

Lifter or wader

  • derrickMovable boom apparatus
  • pulleyGrooved wheel for rope
  • winchDrum-and-cable lifting mechanism

rigging · haul · heave · jack · raise · elevate · jib · tow · retract · suspend

sailing

mainsail

Principal vessel canvas

mast · sail · jib · sheet · boom · clew · leech · luff · batten · block

flags

banner

Displayed strip with message

flagpole · standard · raised · unfurled · mast · halyard · ceremony · salute · signal · bunting

idiom

petard

Wall-breaching siege bomb

  • trapDevice for catching animals
  • backfireYield unintended consequences
  • ironyMeaning opposite to words

scheme · ploy · comeuppance · snare · outwitted · undone · revenge

Categories
Opposites
vertical movement direction

hoistedlowered

Moved downward or reduced

dropped · let down · brought down · set down · put down

effort/exertion

hoisteddropped

Let fall downward

released · let go · abandoned · dumped · relinquished

Phrases
Family

hoist, hoists, hoisting

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G