Meaning of Heft | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The feel of the weight of something; heaviness.
   countable, uncountable
2. A piece of pastureland which farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) have become accustomed to.
   Northern-England, Scotland, UK, US, dialectal, informal
3. A number of sheets of paper fastened together, as to form a book or a notebook.
   Northern-England, Scotland, UK, US, dialectal, informal
4. The force exerted by an object due to gravitation; weight.
   US, countable, dialectal, uncountable
5. A flock or group of farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) which have become accustomed to a particular piece of pastureland.
   Northern-England, Scotland, UK, US, dialectal, informal
6. A part of a serial publication; a fascicle, an issue, a number.
   Northern-England, Scotland, UK, US, dialectal, informal
7. Graveness, seriousness; gravity.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
8. Importance, influence; weight.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
9. The greater part of something; the bulk, the mass.
   US, countable, dated, informal, uncountable
10. An act of lifting; a lift.
    UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable
11. An act of heaving (lifting with difficulty); an instance of violent exertion or straining.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“A high quality hammer⟳ should have⟳ good balance and heft.”

“But Durindan at laſt fell vvith ſuch heft, / Full on the circle of Rogeros ſhield, / That halfe vvay through the Argent byrd it cleft, / And pierſt the core of male [i.e., mail] that vvas vvithin, / And found a paſſage to the verie skin.”

“I pictured him doing violence to his better nature, and only wanting a good heft of circumstance to enable him to throw⟳ off his load⟳ of deviltry.”

“Unlike most moons of the solar system, ours has the heft to pull⟳ itself into a sphere.”

“The skull [of a Hubbs' beaked whale] was an awkward armload. Bizarrely, its size, shape⟳, and long, narrow bill brought to mind⟳ the head of Big Bird from Sesame Street, but with none of bird-bone's lightness: It had heft and density.”

“The man had been carried out of the yard while the fire was still burning; […] Public opinion was much divided, some holding that it would go hard with a man of his age and heft; but the common belief seemed to be that he was of that sort⟳ "as'd take⟳ a deal⟳ o'killin'," and that he would be none the worse for such a fall⟳ as that.”

“"Look⟳ at the heft of 'n [a baby]," said the proud father, "entirely drags ye down, Miss⟳ Sybil, 'e do."”

“Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have⟳ to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin⟳ to get⟳ queer, I suppose⟳.”

“He's got a good voice, and reads well; but come⟳ to a sermon—wal, ain't no gret heft in't.”

“Put⟳ more baldly, the reason⟳ why Republicans and British Conservatives started giving each other copies of Atlas Shrugged in the 80s was that [Ayn] Rand seemed to grant intellectual heft to the prevailing ethos of the time.”

“The turkey's nest was islanded with a fragrant swath,—the "heft" of the crop noted and rejoiced over,—[…]”

“He run⟳ to South America or somewheres, taking the heft of the firm's money with him.”

“Deigning no answer⟳, the sturdy parson seized the bigger of the two ash staves, and laying the butt of the other for a fulcrum, gave the stuck wheel such a powerful heft, that the whole cart rattled, and the crates began to dance⟳.”

“It was a tremendous heft to raise⟳ the boat on to the wall and push⟳ it over, but somehow she managed it; […]”

“[I]f one preſent / Th'abhor'd Ingredient [a spider in a drink⟳] to his eye, make⟳ knovvne / Hovv he hath drunke, he cracks his gorge, his ſides / VVith violent Hefts: I haue drunke, and ſeene the Spider.”

“The socket of the rim lock⟳ tore off to one good heft of the shoulder, and we were in.”

“[S]he came to fetch⟳ her [bairn] out of ill haft and waur guiding.”

“Such an organ is now to be published by the house of J[oseph] Ricker, in Giessen, Ephemeris für Semitische Epigraphik, edited by Dr. Mark⟳ Lidzbarki.^([sic]) […] The size of the "hefts" will depend⟳ on the material requiring attention, and the annual volume is to cost⟳ about 15 marks.”

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