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heft

/hɛft/

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verb

To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
"We heaved the chest-of-drawers on to the second-floor landing."
To throw, cast.
"The cap'n hove the body overboard."
To rise and fall.
"Her chest heaved with emotion."
To utter with effort.
"She heaved a sigh and stared out of the window."
To pull up with a rope or cable.
"Heave up the anchor there, boys!"
To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards (particularly in ships or vehicles) or forwards.
To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound.
To displace (a vein, stratum).
To cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions.
"The wind heaved the waves."
To move in a certain direction or into a certain position or situation.
"to heave the ship ahead"
To retch, to make an effort to vomit; to vomit.
"The smell of the old cheese was enough to make you heave."
To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.
To rob; to steal from; to plunder.

Weight.
Heaviness, the feel of weight.
"A high quality hammer should have good balance and heft."
The act or effort of heaving; violent strain or exertion.
The greater part or bulk of anything.
"The heft of the crop was spoiled."

To lift up; especially, to lift something heavy.
"He hefted the sack of concrete into the truck."
To test the weight of something by lifting it.

Synonyms:hoist

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