(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ something heavy somewhere, you lift it or pull it up there.
Hoisting my suitcase on to my shoulder, I turned and headed toward my hotel...
Grabbing the side of the bunk, he ~ed himself to a sitting position.
VERB: V n prep/adv, V pron-refl prep/adv
2.
If something heavy is ~ed somewhere, it is lifted there using a machine such as a crane.
A twenty-foot steel pyramid is to be ~ed into position on top of the tower...
Then a crane ~ed him on to the platform.
VERB: be V-ed prep/adv, V n prep/adv
3.
A ~ is a machine for lifting heavy things.
N-COUNT
4.
If you ~ a flag or a sail, you pull it up to its correct position by using ropes.
A group of youths ~ed their flag on top of the disputed monument.
VERB: V n
5.
~ with your own petard: see petard