heft (redirected from hefting)

heft  (hft)

n.

Weight; heaviness; bulk.

v. heft·ed, heft·ing, hefts

v.tr.

1. To lift (something) in order to judge or estimate its weight.

2. To hoist (something); heave.

v.intr.

To have a given weight; weigh.

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[Middle English, from heven, to lift; see heave.]

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heft [hɛft]

vb (tr)

1. to assess the weight of (something) by lifting

2. to lift

n

1. US weight

2. US the main part

[probably from heave, by analogy with thieve, theft, cleave, cleft]

hefter  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	heft - the property of being large in mass ponderosity, ponderousness, heftiness, massiveness heaviness, weightiness - the property of being comparatively great in weight; "the heaviness of lead"
Verb	1.	heft - lift or elevate heave up, heft up, heave upheave - lift forcefully from beneath weigh anchor, weigh the anchor - heave up an anchor in preparation for sailing lift - take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table"
	2.	heft - test the weight of something by lifting it librate, weigh - determine the weight of; "The butcher weighed the chicken"

Translations

heft [heft] (US)

A. N → peso m (fig) → influencia f
the heft of → la mayor parte de

B. VT

1. (= lift) → levantar

2. (= assess weight of) → sopesar

heft

vt (US inf) (= lift) → (hoch)heben; (= assess weight) → abwägen, das Gewicht (ab)schätzen von

n → Gewicht nt; (= strength) → (Muskel)kraft f