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  1. noun Weight; heaviness; bulk.
  2. transitive verb To lift (something) in order to judge or estimate its weight.
  3. transitive verb To hoist (something); heave.
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  • Don't write more words than you need to add "heft" - people don't have time to waste and fluff makes you look bad - but if you need 500 words to sell the product or service, write 500. —  WebProNews Feed
  • Boyle has made a true coming-of-age film that balances technical skill with emotional heft, and that marries heartbreak with hope. —  Pajiba
  • I prefer hardback books for their size and heft, but something smaller is convenient for many situations. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • For starters, the dual screens further up this model's already considerable heft - to nearly 11 pounds on its own, or a whopping 13 pounds and change when you pack along the very bricklike power brick as well. —  NotebookReview.com - The Webs Best Source For Laptop Notebook Info
  • But I couldn't get beyond the Pro's heft, and the screen resolution wasn't enough on either. —  Latest Articles
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  1. Middle English, from heven, to lift; see heave.

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  1. from Middle English heft, another form of haft (later English haft), from Anglo-Saxon hæft, a handle, etc.: see haft, and cf. heft.
  2. In these senses modern, the word being formed, after heft, variant of haft, a handle, and heft, obsolete preterit and past participle, from the verb heave: see heave and haft.
  3. from heft, n.
  4. Scots, also written haft; from Icelandic hefdh, possession, prescription, = Swedish häfd, culture, cultivation, improvement, = Danish hævd, possession, prescription (Norwegian), cultivation, manure; from Icelandic hafa = Swedish hafva = Danish have, have, hold, = English have, q. v.
  5. = Icelandic hefdha, transitive, take by prescription, = Swedish häfda = Danish hævde, maintain, assert, uphold (Norwegian), cultivate; from the noun.
  6. German, a number of sheets of paper sewed together and constituting a part of a book, a blank book consisting of sheets so sewed together.
 

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