Heft vs Heaf - What's the difference?
heft | heaf |
(uncountable) Weight.
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(Northern England) A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted.
An animal that has become hefted thus.
(West of Ireland) Poor condition in sheep caused by mineral deficiency.
The act or effort of heaving; violent strain or exertion.
* (William Shakespeare)
(US, dated, colloquial) The greater part or bulk of anything.
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To lift up; especially, to lift something heavy.
To test the weight of something by lifting it.
(Northern England and Scotland) To become accustomed and attached to an area of mountain pasture.
(obsolete) past participle of to heave.
As nouns the difference between heft and heaf
is that heft is hip while heaf is (northern england) a piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become heafed; a heft.As a verb heaf is
(northern england) to become accustomed to and attached to an area of mountain pasture, seldom straying from it.heft
English
Alternative forms
* haftNoun
- a man of his age and heft
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- He cracks his gorge, his sides, / With violent hefts .
Derived terms
* heftyVerb
(en verb)- He hefted the sack of concrete into the truck.