Crane vs. Hoist

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  • Crane (noun)

    Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.

  • Crane (noun)

    Ardea herodias, the great blue heron.

  • Crane (noun)

    A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.

  • Crane (noun)

    An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire.

  • Crane (noun)

    A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.

  • Crane (noun)

    A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs.

  • Crane (verb)

    To extend (one’s neck).

  • Crane (verb)

    To crane.

  • Crane (verb)

    To pull up before a jump.

  • Hoist (verb)

    To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).

  • Hoist (verb)

    To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory.

  • Hoist (verb)

    To lift someone up to be flogged.

  • Hoist (verb)

    To be lifted up.

  • Hoist (verb)

    To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.

  • Hoist (verb)

    To steal, to rob.

  • Hoist (noun)

    A hoisting device, such as pulley or crane.

  • Hoist (noun)

    The act of hoisting; a lift.

    “Give me a hoist over that wall.”

  • Hoist (noun)

    The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length, when flying from a staff.

  • Hoist (noun)

    The vertical edge of a flag which is next to the staff.

  • Hoist (noun)

    The height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or stay.

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