'Heft' definitions:
Definition of 'heft'
From: WordNet
noun
verb
verb
Test the weight of something by lifting it
Definition of 'Heft'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Heft'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Heft'
From: GCIDE
- 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.]
Definition of 'Heft'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'heft'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- avoirdupois,
- balance,
- be heavy,
- beef,
- beefiness,
- boost,
- buoy up,
- carry weight,
- cast up,
- counterbalance,
- deadweight,
- elevate,
- erect,
- escalate,
- fatness,
- gravity,
- gross weight,
- have weight,
- heave,
- heaviness,
- heftiness,
- heighten,
- heist,
- hike,
- hoick,
- hoist,
- hold the scales,
- hold up,
- jerk up,
- knock up,
- levitate,
- lie heavy,
- lift,
- lift up,
- liveweight,
- lob,
- loft,
- neat weight,
- net,
- net weight,
- overbalance,
- overweight,
- perk up,
- ponderability,
- ponderosity,
- ponderousness,
- poundage,
- raise,
- raise up,
- rear,
- rear up,
- rise,
- set up,
- sky,
- stick up,
- strike a balance,
- throw up,
- tip the scales,
- tonnage,
- underweight,
- up,
- upbuoy,
- upcast,
- upheave,
- uphoist,
- uphold,
- uplift,
- upraise,
- uprear,
- upthrow,
- weigh,
- weigh heavy,
- weigh in,
- weigh out,
- weight,
- weightiness