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Word entry · 4 letters

heft

Best crossword clue

"Lift to gauge weight"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /hɛft/Part of speech verb, nounSorted efhtStarts with HEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
1H2E3F4T

Definitions

  1. To lift or weigh something in the hand.

Word origin

From heave + -t (suffix forming the past and/or past participle forms of verbs).

Used in a sentence

  • A high quality hammer should have good balance and heft.
  • I pictured him doing violence to his better nature, and only wanting a good heft of circumstance to enable him to throw off his load of deviltry.
  • Unlike most moons of the solar system, ours has the heft to pull itself into a sphere.

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