About The Word Heft
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Heft
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What's The Definition Of Heft?
[n] the property of being large in mass
[v] lift or elevate [v] test the weight of something by lifting it Synonyms | Synonyms for Heft: heave | heave up | heft up | heftiness | massiveness | ponderosity | ponderousness Related Terms | Find terms related to Heft: avoirdupois | balance | be heavy | beef | beefiness | boost | buoy up | carry weight | cast up | counterbalance | deadweight | elevate | erect | escalate | fatness | gravity | gross weight | have weight | heave | heaviness | heftiness | heighten | heist | hike | hoick | hoist | hold the scales | hold up | jerk up | knock up | levitate | lie heavy | lift | lift up | liveweight | lob | loft | neat weight | net | net weight | overbalance | overweight | perk up | ponderability | ponderosity | ponderousness | poundage | raise | raise up | rear | rear up | rise | set up | sky | stick up | strike a balance | throw up | tip the scales | tonnage | underweight | up | upbuoy | upcast | upheave | uphoist | uphold | uplift | upraise | uprear | upthrow | weigh | weigh heavy | weigh in | weigh out | weight | weightiness See Also | heaviness | librate | lift | upheave | weigh | weigh anchor | weightiness Heft In Webster's Dictionary \Heft\, n.
Same as {Haft}, n. [Obs.] --Waller.
\Heft\, n. [From {Heave}: cf. hefe weight. Cf. {Haft}.] 1. The act or effort of heaving? violent strain or exertion. [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.] \Heft\, n.; G. pl. {Hefte}. [G.] A number of sheets of paper fastened together, as for a notebook; also, a part of a serial publication. The size of ``hefts'' will depend on the material requiring attention, and the annual volume is to cost about 15 marks. --The Nation. |
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