Heft

[Heft]

Heft is the bulk or weight of a person or thing. You might shift the heft of that huge bag of dog food you just bought over to your left arm while you use your right hand to open the door.

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The act or effort of heaving violent strain or exertion.

Noun
the property of being large in mass

Verb
lift or elevate

Verb
test the weight of something by lifting it


n.
Same as Haft, n.

n.
The act or effort of heaving/ violent strain or exertion.

n.
Weight; ponderousness.

n.
The greater part or bulk of anything; as, the heft of the crop was spoiled.


of Heft

v. t.
To heave up; to raise aloft.

v. t.
To prove or try the weight of by raising.


Heft

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.
2. Weight; ponderousness. [Colloq.]
A man of his age and heft.
3. The greater part or bulk of anything; as, the heft of the crop was spoiled. [Colloq. U. S.] J. Pickering.

Heft

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.
2. To prove or try the weight of by raising. [Colloq.]

The act or effort of heaving violent strain or exertion.

To heave up; to raise aloft.

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Usage Examples

People who read poetry, for example, like the feel, the heft and the smell of a book.

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