Read full poem →In one fair fall; but, for time’s aftercast,
Creatures all heft, hope, hazard, interest.
Dictionary Entry
To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
In a Sentence
“We heaved the chest-of-drawers on to the second-floor landing.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “heft”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Till her power to pour ’em seemed wasted and gone
From the heft o’ misfortune she bore.