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Meaning of haft | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/hæft/

Definitions

  1. The handle of a tool or weapon.
  2. Alternative spelling of heft (“piece of pastureland which farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) have become accustomed to; flock or group of farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) which have become accustomed to a particular piece of pastureland”).
    Northern-England, Scotland, alt-of, alternative

Equivalents

Deutsch Griff Heft
Español asidero empuñadura
Suomi kahva varsi
עברית ידית קת
Italiano ansa coccia Elsa
한국어 손잡이 자루
Português cabo
Svenska handtag skaft

Examples

“See this brandiſh'd Dagger: / […] / I'll bury to the haft, in her fair breaſt, / This Inſtrument of my Revenge.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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