heft

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Noun

1. The feel of the weight of something; heaviness.
   • A high quality hammer should have good balance and heft.
2. The feel of the weight of something; heaviness.
   • A high quality hammer should have good balance and heft.
3. The force exerted by an object due to gravitation; weight.
4. Graveness, seriousness; gravity.
5. Importance, influence; weight.
6. The greater part of something; the bulk, the mass.
7. An act of lifting; a lift. An act of heaving (lifting with difficulty); an instance of violent exertion or straining.
8. An act of lifting; a lift.
9. An act of heaving (lifting with difficulty); an instance of violent exertion or straining.

Verb

1. To lift or lift up (something, especially a heavy object).
   • He hefted the sack of concrete into the truck.
2. To lift or lift up (something, especially a heavy object).
   • He hefted the sack of concrete into the truck.
3. To test the weight of (something) by lifting. To evaluate or test (someone or something).
4. To evaluate or test (someone or something).
5. To have (substantial) weight; to weigh.

Verb

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Noun

1. A piece of pastureland which farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) have become accustomed to.
2. A flock or group of farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) which have become accustomed to a particular piece of pastureland.

Verb

1. To accustom (a flock or group of farm animals, chiefly cattle or sheep) to a piece of pastureland. To establish or settle (someone) in an occupation or place of residence. To establish or plant (something) firmly in a place; to fix, to root, to settle.
2. To accustom (a flock or group of farm animals, chiefly cattle or sheep) to a piece of pastureland.
3. To establish or settle (someone) in an occupation or place of residence. To establish or plant (something) firmly in a place; to fix, to root, to settle.
4. To establish or settle (someone) in an occupation or place of residence.
5. To establish or plant (something) firmly in a place; to fix, to root, to settle.
6. Of a thing: to establish or settle itself in a place.

Verb

1. To cause (milk) to be held in a cow's udder until the latter becomes hard and swollen, either by not milking the cow or by stopping up the teats, to make the cow look healthy; also, to cause (a cow) to have an udder in this condition.
2. To cause (urine) to be held in a person's bladder.

Noun

1. A number of sheets of paper fastened together, as to form a book or a notebook.
2. A part of a serial publication; a fascicle, an issue, a number.

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