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heft

(hĕft)

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.

[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

3. US weight

4. US the main part

[C19: probably from heave, by analogy with thieve, theft, cleave, cleft]

ˈhefter n

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heft

(hɛft)

n.

1. weight; heaviness.

2. significance; importance.

3. Archaic. the bulk or main part.

v.t.

4. to test the weight of by lifting and balancing: He hefted the spear for a moment and then flung it.

5. to heave; hoist.

[1550–60; heave + -t, variant of -th¹]

heft

Past participle: hefted
Gerund: hefting

Imperative
heft
heft

Present
I heft
you heft
he/she/it hefts
we heft
you heft
they heft

Preterite
I hefted
you hefted
he/she/it hefted
we hefted
you hefted
they hefted

Present Continuous
I am hefting
you are hefting
he/she/it is hefting
we are hefting
you are hefting
they are hefting

Present Perfect
I have hefted
you have hefted
he/she/it has hefted
we have hefted
you have hefted
they have hefted

Past Continuous
I was hefting
you were hefting
he/she/it was hefting
we were hefting
you were hefting
they were hefting

Past Perfect
I had hefted
you had hefted
he/she/it had hefted
we had hefted
you had hefted
they had hefted

Future
I will heft
you will heft
he/she/it will heft
we will heft
you will heft
they will heft

Future Perfect
I will have hefted
you will have hefted
he/she/it will have hefted
we will have hefted
you will have hefted
they will have hefted

Future Continuous
I will be hefting
you will be hefting
he/she/it will be hefting
we will be hefting
you will be hefting
they will be hefting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been hefting
you have been hefting
he/she/it has been hefting
we have been hefting
you have been hefting
they have been hefting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been hefting
you will have been hefting
he/she/it will have been hefting
we will have been hefting
you will have been hefting
they will have been hefting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been hefting
you had been hefting
he/she/it had been hefting
we had been hefting
you had been hefting
they had been hefting

Conditional
I would heft
you would heft
he/she/it would heft
we would heft
you would heft
they would heft

Past Conditional
I would have hefted
you would have hefted
he/she/it would have hefted
we would have hefted
you would have hefted
they would have hefted

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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

hisser poids

gewicht heffen hijsen opheffen optillen

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

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heft

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

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

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