noun
heft
Heft (noun) means How heavy something feels when you hold it.
noun
1
How heavy something feels when you hold it.
"Unlike most moons of the solar system, ours has the heft to pull itself into a sphere."
— Natalie Angier (2014)
"A high quality hammer should have good balance and heft."
2
The physical weight that an object has because of gravity.
3
The serious or weighty nature of something.
4
The level of importance or influence something carries.
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Etymology
The noun comes from Late Middle English heft (“heaviness; something heavy, a weight”), from heven (“to lift, raise”) plus -th (suffix denoting a condition, quality, state of being, etc., forming nouns), on the analogy of weft developing from weven (modern English weave); compare also cleft from cleave and theft from thieve, where the same development happened in Old English or earlier languages. The English word can also be analysed as heave + -t (suffix forming nouns from verbs). The verb probably derives from the noun.
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What is the meaning of heft?
"heft" (noun) means how heavy something feels when you hold it.
What is another word for heft?
Other words for "heft" include ponderousness, ponderosity, heftiness, massiveness.
What are the different meanings of heft?
"heft" has 3 main meanings: 1. How heavy something feels when you hold it; 2. The physical weight that an object has because of gravity; 3. The serious or weighty nature of something.
