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Definitions for: Heft
[n] the property of being large in mass
[v] lift or elevate
[v] test the weight of something by lifting it
Webster (1913) Definition: Heft, n.
Same as Haft, n. [Obs.] --Waller.
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.
--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.
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.
--Spenser.
2. To prove or try the weight of by raising. [Colloq.]
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.
Synonyms: heave, heave up, heft up, heftiness, massiveness, ponderosity, ponderousness
See Also: heaviness, librate, lift, upheave, weigh, weigh anchor, weightiness
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