Hoist and Shift

Hoist

Hoist verb - To lift with effort.

Shift and hoist are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shift" instead a verb "Hoist".

Nearby Words: hoisted, hoisting

Shift

Shift verb - To change the place or position of.

Hoist and shift are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hoist" instead a verb "Shift".

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

new new hoist new shift

Common collocations

body hoist body shift body
times hoist times shift times

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / The Last Battle Hoist by His Own Petard: Shift brings the Calormenes into Narnia to help him rule it, they promptly reduce him to a figurehead.
  • Western Animation / The Transformers Mid-Development Genre Shift: In-Universe, where in "Hoist Goes Hollywood", the director was shooting a generic action flick with a car chase.
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