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Heft (Verb)

Lift or elevate.

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

The crane's cables strained as they began to heft the massive steel beam into place.
She struggled to heft the heavy bag of dog food over her shoulder.
A team of laborers worked together to heft a large rock into a wheelbarrow.
The helicopter's rotors whirred as it began to heft the stretcher off the mountain.
Four firefighters had to heft the injured hiker onto a litter to get him down the mountain.

Test the weight of something by lifting it.

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

She reached for the two similar-looking rocks and hefted them to find the heavier one for her project.
By hefting the containers side by side, John could tell that one held significantly more weight.
The carpenter hefted the new hammer to get a sense of its balance and control.
Emma hefted the old box to verify that it indeed was as heavy as her brother claimed.
After hefting the luggage, he carefully loaded them on the plane for the destination trip.