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
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.
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
• (to lift up): hoist
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.
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.
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
30 May 2025
(noun) (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
