hoisting
Pulling something aloft
Hoisting is lifting or raising something, typically with mechanical help—ropes, pulleys, cranes: They're hoisting the sails.
The word often implies effort or weight: hoisting a beer, hoisting a flag.
In programming, hoisting refers to JavaScript's behavior of moving variable and function declarations to the top of their scope before code execution.
Lifter or wader
- pulleyGrooved wheel for rope
- winchDrum-and-cable lifting mechanism
- block-and-tacklePulley-based lifting mechanism
- derrickMovable boom apparatus
rigging · cable · davit · windlass · capstan · sheave · jack · drum
Ship's wind-catching fabric
- halyardSail-hoisting tackle
- yardarmOuter spar end
- mastVessel's sail support
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
flag · ensign · colors · pennant · anchor · cargo · gangway · bosun
Upright banner support
- mastVessel's sail support
- halyardSail-hoisting tackle
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- colorsVisual spectrum variations
ensign · pennant · standard · banner · raising · lowering · salute · reveille
Temporary exterior work platform
- girderMain structural support beam
- beamStructural support member
- trussLoad-bearing beam arrangement
- frameworkUnderlying support system
erection · tower · jib · outrigger · brace · anchor · load · steelwork
Weighted exercise apparatus
- dumbbellHandheld exercise weight
- snatchRapid forceful taking
- deadliftGround-to-hip barbell raise
- powerliftingMaximal barbell competition sport
squat · kettlebell · gym · muscle · strength · bodybuilding · spotter · reps
crane
Lifter or wader
- pulleyGrooved wheel for rope
- winchDrum-and-cable lifting mechanism
- block-and-tacklePulley-based lifting mechanism
derrick · rigging · cable · davit · windlass · capstan · sheave · jack · drum · motor
sail
Ship's wind-catching fabric
rigging · flag · ensign · colors · pennant · anchor · cargo · gangway · bosun · deckhand
flagpole
Upright banner support
colors · ensign · pennant · standard · banner · raising · lowering · salute · reveille · retreat
scaffolding
Temporary exterior work platform
framework · erection · tower · jib · outrigger · brace · anchor · load · steelwork · ironworker
barbell
Weighted exercise apparatus
powerlifting · squat · kettlebell · gym · muscle · strength · bodybuilding · spotter · reps · sets
- carryingcarry, carrying, tote, bearing, haul
- exertioneffort, straining, strain, heaving, labor
- raisinglifting, elevating, rearing, parenting, nurturing
- material handlingforklifts, lifting, conveyors, carrying, cranes
- minemine shaft, adit, drift, crosscut, raise
- metal miningcopper mine, open-pit mine, underground mine, ore veins, mineral veins
hoistinglowering
Moving something downward
dropping · letting down · bringing down · setting down · putting down
hoistingdropping
Letting something fall
releasing · letting go · abandoning · relinquishing · dumping