heft
- Noun. (uncountable) Weight.
- Noun. heaviness, the feel of weight.
- Noun. (Northern England) A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted.
- Noun. An animal that has become hefted thus.
- Noun. A West of Ireland term for poor condition in sheep caused by mineral deficiency.
- Verb. (transitive) To lift up; especially, to lift something heavy.
- Verb. (transitive) To test the weight of something by lifting it.
- Verb. (transitive, Northern England and Scotland) (context, of a farm animal, especially a flock of sheep) To become accustomed and attached to an area of mountain pasture.
- Verb. (obsolete) past participle of to heave.
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