Heft

Word HEFT
Character 4
Hyphenation heft ‖Heft
Pronunciations /hɛft/

Definitions and meanings of "Heft"

What do we mean by heft?

Weight; heaviness; bulk. noun

To lift (something) in order to judge or estimate its weight. intransitive verb

To hoist (something); heave. intransitive verb

To have a given weight; weigh. intransitive verb

A dwelling; a place of residence. noun

An early modern English preterit and past participle of heave.

To heave up.

To try the weight of.

To weigh.

Same as haft. noun

To dwell.

To familiarize with a place or an employment; attach or cause to become attached by long usage.

A note-book. noun

A part or number of a serial publication, as of a magazine; a division of a work which is being issued in parts. noun

The act of heaving or retching; violent strain or exertion; effort. noun

Weight; heaviness. noun

The greater or weightier part of anything; the bulk; the gist. noun

Need; emergency. noun

Command; restraint. noun

To heave up; to raise aloft. transitive verb

To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).

To throw, cast.

To rise and fall.

To utter with effort.

To pull up with a rope or cable.

To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.

To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.

To displace (a vein, stratum).

To cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions.

To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.

To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.

To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.

To rob; to steal from; to plunder.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Heft

The word "heft" in example sentences

The manager continues to see value in heft, although muscle can be accompanied by subtlety. ❋ Kevin McCarra (2010)

It didn't compare in heft to what a Marine carried on an amphibious landing. ❋ P. J. O'Rourke (2004)

He bade the Scrivener write the tale of the Men of the Sickle at an hundred and a half, and his folk fared past the War-leader joyously, being one half of them bowmen; and fell shooters they were; the other half were girt with swords, and bore withal long ashen staves armed with great blades curved inwards, which weapon they called heft-sax. ❋ William Morris (1865)

True, as Jaffe predicts, hardly anyone is really making any money; most only the people who are, indeed, are the old usual suspects with the big label heft behind them. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Larry Bird, Danny Ainge (who played with Petrovic in Portland) and other former NBA stars are interviewed, but the heft comes from the Croatian-born Kukoc and Radja. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Don't write more words than you need to add "heft" - people don't have time to waste and fluff makes you look bad - but if you need 500 words to sell the product or service, write 500. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The prospect of the BBC “using its massive heft is likely to upset UK media and Internet companies, which have often complained that the corporation – funded by a mandatory tax on UK television households totalling nearly 3 billion pounds ($5.4 billion) – has encroached on activities in the private sector,” says the story, adding” ❋ Unknown (2005)

Danson, as the constantly stoned and seemingly monstrously self-absorbed magazine editor George, gives the show weight and heft, which is hard to see in the first several episodes because George appears to be a flibbertigibbet. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The heft is an asset: This bread makes a sturdy, flavorful base for sandwiches, a robust partner for strong cheese, jam, or spreads, and an ideal starting point for croutons (page 47) or Bruschetta, Rethought (page 51). ❋ Mark Bittman (2010)

Karl Rove says Sonia Sotomayor lacks intellectual heft, which is sort of like Rod Blagojevich saying she lacks integrity. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He outweighed the siamese by more than a few pounds, and nearly met the Maine Coon in heft. ❋ Unknown (2007)

That signals that BHP wanted TD for the advisory help it could provide, not just for the lending heft, which is sometimes enough to get banks into deals to earn a cut of the advice fees. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The heft is a result of the four AA batteries, which provide about eight hours of play time. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I love strawberries so much, I wouldn't even care if they were lacking in preventive "heft". ❋ Unknown (2010)

The food is not earth shattering, but it has a reliable Gallic heft which is reassuring. ❋ Jay Rayner (2010)

That usualy start around $1500. 00Are mostly for fat guys who have made some coin, and have trouble dragging themselves around let alone a 8-9 lb rifle, .. so Like RMH saysGet a gun (out on limb here) probably (hopefully) a bolt with a little "heft" to it, Swings better, .. easier to steady and, helps with recoil. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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