Found 2 items, similar to Heft.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: heft heft n : the property of being large in mass [syn: heftiness, massiveness, ponderousness, ponderosity] heft v 1: lift or elevate [syn: heave, heave up, heft up] 2: test the weight of something by lifting it
English → English (gcide) Definition: Heft Heft \Heft\, n. Same as Haft, n. [Obs.] --Waller. [1913 Webster] Heft \Heft\, n. [From Heave: cf. hefe weight. Cf. Haft.] 1. The act or effort of heaving; violent strain or exertion. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He craks his gorge, his sides, With violent hefts. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Weight; ponderousness. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] A man of his age and heft. --T. Hughes. [1913 Webster] 3. The greater part or bulk of anything; as, the heft of the crop was spoiled. [Colloq. U. S.] --J. Pickering. [1913 Webster] Heft \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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Heft \Heft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hefted (Heft, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Hefting.] 1. To heave up; to raise aloft. [1913 Webster] Inflamed with wrath, his raging blade he heft. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To prove or try the weight of by raising. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Heft \Heft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hefted (Heft, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Hefting.] 1. To heave up; to raise aloft. [1913 Webster] Inflamed with wrath, his raging blade he heft. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To prove or try the weight of by raising. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]