elevate may replace lift or raise especially when exalting or enhancing is implied.
elevated the taste of the public
hoist implies lifting something heavy especially by mechanical means.
hoisted the cargo on board
heave implies lifting and throwing with great effort or strain.
heaved the heavy crate inside
boost suggests assisting to climb or advance by a push.
boosted his brother over the fence
Example Sentences
Verb The steel girders were hoisted into place and securely welded. The engine was hoisted out with a winch. The cargo was hoisted up onto the ship. He stopped at a bar after work to hoist a few beers with his friends. She hoisted a last-second shot that would have won the game if it had gone in.
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Its broad deck is studded with menacing cannon, with even larger weapons in the gun deck below, and its airspace is a cobweb of lines that can hoist 48 sails. Doug Struck, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2022 Fan favorite Chase Elliott and reigning champ Kyle Larson headline the field of drivers hoping to hoist the Bill France Cup and quench their thirst with champagne showers in victory lane at Phoenix Raceway following a 10-week barrage of mayhem. Cole Cusumano, The Arizona Republic, 3 Sep. 2022 Recchia, along with Tino, Tyler, Ethan and Aven, visit Edam's iconic cheese market, and the men hoist giant wheels of the cheese on their shirtless backs in a strongest man challenge. Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2022 And then workers have to hoist tools onto their backs and tramp through the brush.Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2022 At the height of the flooding, Lowe's crews worked to hoist people off roofs and out of trees using aircraft to take them to a safe area. Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2022 In a wide-ranging interview with FOX News, the SEC Network analyst said Nick Saban’s Alabama Crimson Tide is the favorite to hoist the trophy at the end of the upcoming season. Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 1 Aug. 2022 That’s when Larsen jumped into the water and got the line around his uncle so the Lucky Strike crew could hoist him aboard with an electric boat winch. Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 7 July 2022 Excluding this new crypto initiative, Lightspeed’s new fundraise will hoist the firm’s assets under management to $18 billion. Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 12 July 2022
Noun
Rescue crews reached her by helicopter and retrieved her with a hoist, Raney said. Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2022 In fact, hoist—despite only containing a single yellow letter ‘H’—narrowed my possible solutions down from 2,309 to just 53! Erik Kain, Forbes, 4 Aug. 2022 Wordle Bot tells me hoist would have been better and that seems pretty obvious in hindsight. Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022 One at a time, they were transported out of the home to gain acceess to the roof where a guardsman was positioned to assist with the hoist. Gina Martinez, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2022 Firefighters used a helicopter hoist to rescue a driver who crashed his car off state Route 52 near Interstate 5 in La Jolla and ended up 50 feet down an embankment Wednesday morning.San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2022 Look for a high-quality ceiling-mount hoist rack or get crafty and create your own DIY pulley system to retrieve the high-up bikes. Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 July 2022 Rocky Mountain Rescue assisted with the helicopter hoist operations, which occurred at approximately 8 p.m. MT. Julia Musto, Fox News, 12 July 2022 As part of the analysis, researchers roll immobilized polar bears onto a net, attach the net to a hoist and then lift the bear up for a measurement of its body mass. Evan Bush, NBC News, 16 June 2022 See More