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HEFT
heft, heftiness, massiveness, ponderousness, ponderosity
(noun) the property of being large in mass
heave, heave up, heft, heft up
(verb) lift or elevate
heft
(verb) test the weight of something by lifting it
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
heft (countable and uncountable, plural hefts)
(uncountable) Weight.
Heaviness, the feel of weight.
The act or effort of heaving; violent strain or exertion.
(US, dated, colloquial) The greater part or bulk of anything.
Verb
heft (third-person singular simple present hefts, present participle hefting, simple past and past participle hefted)
(transitive) To lift up; especially, to lift something heavy.
(transitive) To test the weight of something by lifting it.
(obsolete) past participle of heave
Synonyms
• (to lift up): hoist
Etymology 2
Noun
heft (plural hefts)
(Northern England) A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted (accustomed).
An animal that has become hefted thus.
(West of Ireland) Poor condition in sheep caused by mineral deficiency.
Verb
heft (third-person singular simple present hefts, present participle hefting, simple past and past participle hefted)
(transitive, Northern England and Scotland) To make (a farm animal, especially a flock of sheep) accustomed and attached to an area of mountain pasture.
Etymology 3
Noun
heft (plural hefts)
A number of sheets of paper fastened together, as for a notebook.
A part of a serial publication.
Source: Wiktionary
Heft, n.
Definition: Same as Haft, n. [Obs.] Waller.
Heft, n. Etym: [From Heave: cf. hefe weight. Cf. Haft.]
1. The act or effort of heaving [Obs.] He craks his gorge, his sides, With violent hefts. Shak.
2. Weight; ponderousness. [Colloq.] A man of his age and heft. T. Hughes.
3. The greater part or bulk of anything; as, the heft of the crop was spoiled. [Colloq. U. S.] J. Pickering.
Heft, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hefted (Heft, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Hefting.]
1. To heave up; to raise aloft. Inflamed with wrath, his raging blade he heft. Spenser.
2. To prove or try the weight of by raising. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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