heft

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   The feel of the weight of something; heaviness.
2. 2
   The force exerted by an object due to gravitation; weight.
3. 3
   Graveness, seriousness; gravity.
4. 4
   Importance, influence; weight.
5. 5
   The greater part of something; the bulk, the mass.
6. 6
   An act of lifting; a lift.
7. 7
   An act of heaving (lifting with difficulty); an instance of violent exertion or straining.
8. 8
   A piece of pastureland which farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) have become accustomed to.
9. 9
   A flock or group of farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) which have become accustomed to a particular piece of pastureland.
10. 10
    A number of sheets of paper fastened together, as to form a book or a notebook.
11. 11
    A part of a serial publication; a fascicle, an issue, a number.

Verb

1. 1
   To lift or lift up (something, especially a heavy object).
2. 2
   To test the weight of (something) by lifting.
3. 3
   To test the weight of (something) by lifting: To evaluate or test (someone or something).
4. 4
   To have (substantial) weight; to weigh.
5. 5
   simple past and past participle of heave
6. 6
   To accustom (a flock or group of farm animals, chiefly cattle or sheep) to a piece of pastureland.
7. 7
   To establish or settle (someone) in an occupation or place of residence.
8. 8
   To establish or plant (something) firmly in a place; to fix, to root, to settle.
9. 9
   Of a thing: to establish or settle itself in a place.
10. 10
    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.
11. 11
    To cause (urine) to be held in a person's bladder.