heft

See also Heft

English

Etymology

From Old Norse hefð.

Alternative forms

• haft

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /hɛft/
• Rhymes: -ɛft

Noun

heft (countable and uncountable; plural hefts)

1. (uncountable) Weight.
2. Heaviness, the feel of weight.

   A quality hammer should have good balance and heft.

3. (Northern England) A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted.
4. An animal that has become hefted thus.
5. (West of Ireland) Poor condition in sheep caused by mineral deficiency.

Derived terms

• hefty

Translations

weight

• Dutch: gewicht (nl) n
• French: poids (fr) m

• Italian: peso (it) m

heaviness, the feel of weight

• Dutch: gewichtigheid n

Verb

heft (third-person singular simple present hefts, present participle hefting, simple past and past participle hefted)

1. (transitive) To lift up; especially, to lift something heavy.

   He hefted the sack of concrete into the truck.

2. (transitive) To test the weight of something by lifting it.
3. (transitive, Northern England and Scotland) (of a farm animal, especially a flock of sheep) To become accustomed and attached to an area of mountain pasture.
4. (obsolete) past participle of to heave.

Synonyms

• hoist

Translations

to lift

• Dutch: heffen (nl), hijsen (nl), opheffen (nl), opheffen (nl), optillen (nl), tillen (nl)

• French: hisser (fr)
• Italian: sollevare (it)

to test the weight of something by lifting it

• Dutch: wegen (nl), wikken (nl)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛft

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Noun

heft n (plural heften, diminutive heftje)

1. the handle of a knife or other tool, haft, hilt
2. (metaphor, used absolutely: het heft) control, charge

   Zij heeft het heft in handen hier

   She's the one that runs the show here.

Verb

heft

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of heffen
2. plural imperative of heffen

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Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥. Compare Avestan  (hapta), Persian هفت (haft), Ossetian авд (avd), Pashto اووه (uwə).

Cardinal number

heft

1. (cardinal) seven

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Scots

Etymology

From Old Norse hefð.

Noun

heft (plural hefts)

1. A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted.
2. An animal that has become hefted thus.

Verb

tae heft (third-person singular simple present hefts, present participle heftin, simple past heftit, past participle heftit)

1. (transitive) The process by which a farm animal becomes accustomed to an area of mountain pasture.