haft
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -ɑːft
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Old English hæft.
Noun [edit]
haft (plural hafts)
Translations [edit]
handle
Verb [edit]
haft (third-person singular simple present hafts, present participle hafting, simple past and past participle hafted)
- To fit a handle to a tool or weapon.
Translations [edit]
fit a handle
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Etymology 2 [edit]
From Old Norse hefð.
Alternative forms [edit]
Noun [edit]
haft (plural hafts)
Translations [edit]
mountain pasture
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Icelandic [edit]
Noun [edit]
haft n (genitive singular hafts, plural höft)
- (of a horse) a hobble
- (plural only) restrictions
- (anatomy) a frenulum
- (genetics, of a chromosome) a constriction
Derived terms [edit]
- aukahaft (secondary constriction)
- baklituhaft (posterior synechia)
- baugslituhaft (annular synechia)
- dausgarnarlokuhaft (frenulum valvae ilealis)
- dreift þráðhaft (diffuse centromere)
- efrivararhaft (frenulum labii superioris)
- forhúðarhaft (frenulum preputii penis)
- framlituhaft (anterior synechia)
- fylgiþráðhaft (centromerus comitans)
- hæðarhaft (altitude hold)
- haftaskurður (synechotomy)
- haftasvæði (restricted area)
- haft efra mænukylfutjalds (frenulum veli medullaris superioris)
- ljósstreymisstuðull straumhafts (ballast lumen factor)
- meðalhaftlengd (mean free path)
- meyjarhaft (hymen)
- meyjarhaftsdoppur (carunculae hymenales)
- neðrivararhaft (frenulum labii inferioris)
- oplaust meyjarhaft (imperforate hymen)
- skapabarmahaft (frenulum labiorum pudendi)
- snípshaft (frenulum clitoridis)
- þráðhaft (centromere)
- þráðhaftskúla (spherula centromeri)
- þráðhaftslaus (acentric)
- tunguhaft (frenulum linguae; ankyloglossia, tongue-tie)
Scots [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Norse hefð.
Noun [edit]
haft (plural hafts)
- Alternative spelling of heft.
Swedish [edit]
Verb [edit]
haft
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