Heft

Noun

 * 1)  Weight
 * 2) heaviness, the feel of weight.
 * A quality hammer should have good balance and heft.
 * 1)  A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted.
 * 2) An animal that has become hefted thus.
 * 3) A West of Ireland term for poor condition in sheep caused by mineral deficiency.

Derived terms

 * hefty

Verb

 * 1)  To lift up; especially, to lift something heavy
 * He hefted the sack of concrete into the truck.
 * 1)  To test the weight of something by lifting it.
 * 2)   To become accustomed and attached to an area of mountain pasture.
 * 3)  past participle of to heave

Synonyms

 * hoist

Thesaurus
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Alternative forms

 * haft