heft Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the property of being large in mass
    ponderousness; massiveness; heftiness; ponderosity.
  2. verb lift or elevate
    heave up; heave; heft up.
  3. verb test the weight of something by lifting it

WordNet

Heft noun
Definitions
  1. Same as Haft, n. Obs. Waller.
Heft noun
Etymology
From Heave: cf. hefe weight. Cf. Haft.
Definitions
  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 transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Hefted (Heft, obsolete ); present participle & verbal noun Hefting
Definitions
  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.

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