HEFT

heft

Noun

  1. Weight.
  2. Heaviness, the feel of weight.
  3. A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted.
  4. An animal that has become hefted thus.
  5. Poor condition in sheep caused by mineral deficiency.
  6. The act or effort of heaving; violent strain or exertion.
  7. The greater part or bulk of anything.

Verb

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


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