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    Definition of hoisted in English Dictionary

  • VerbBFhoistSGhoistsPRhoistingPT, PPhoist
    1. simple past tense and past participle of hoist.
    2. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • And when skipper Richie McCaw hoisted the Webb Ellis Trophy high into the night, a quarter of a century of hurt was blown away in an explosion of fireworks and cheering.
        • Such was the pace with which I, and many like me, the so called ‘weekend warriors’ or Territorial Army, were hoisted aboard the Gulf War battle wagon.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Verbs
        • Verb forms
          • Participles
            • Past participles
            • Verb simple past forms
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        1. en hoisted by one's own petard
        2. en hoisted on one's own petard
        3. en hoisted with one's own petard
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        Meaning of hoisted for the defined word.

        Grammatically, this word "hoisted" is a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
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