Thesaurus: heft

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1. n. Same as Haft, n.
2. n. The act or effort of heaving/ violent strain or exertion.
3. n. Weight; ponderousness.
4. n. The greater part or bulk of anything; as, the heft of the crop was spoiled.
5. of Heft
6. v. t. To heave up; to raise aloft.
7. v. t. To prove or try the weight of by raising.
8. n. the property of being large in mass
9. v. lift or elevate
10. v. test the weight of something by lifting it
11. Same as Haft, n. [Obs.] Waller. 1. The act or effort of heaving [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. 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.]
12. Same as Haft, n. [Obs.] Waller.