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Hefted vs Lifted - What's the difference?

hefted | lifted |

As verbs the difference between hefted and lifted

is that hefted is (heft) while lifted is (lift).

As an adjective lifted is

raised up; held aloft.

hefted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (heft)

    • heft

    English

    Alternative forms

    * haft

    Noun

  • (uncountable) Weight.
  • * T. Hughes
    • a man of his age and heft
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  • Heaviness, the feel of 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)
    • He cracks his gorge, his sides, / With violent hefts .
  • (US, dated, colloquial) The greater part or bulk of anything.
  • *

    • Derived terms

    * hefty

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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.
  • (Northern England and Scotland) To become accustomed and attached to an area of mountain pasture.
  • (obsolete) past participle of to heave.

    • Synonyms

    * hoist

    lifted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (lift)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Raised up; held aloft.
  • Stolen.
  • *2009 , , Glencoe , Amberley 2009, p. 24:
  • *:Here, it is said, MacDonalds of Glencoe hid their lifted beasts when retribution threatened.