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 March 2025
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