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Heft Definition And Meaning
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.

Heft Definition And Meaning

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

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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