Heft : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Heft	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Heft
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heft n the property of being large in mass [syn: heft, heftiness, massiveness, ponderousness, ponderosity] v lift or elevate [syn: heave, heave up, heft, {heft up}] test the weight of something by lifting it
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heft \Heft\, n. Same as {Haft}, n. [Obs.] --Waller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heft \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heft \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.]