hefted in English

verb

1

lift or carry (something heavy).

Donald hefted another pair of sandbags from the stack

synonyms: lift, lift up, raise, raise up, heave, hoist, haul, carry, lug, tote, cart, hump, schlep

verb

• lift, lift up, raise, raise up, heave, hoist, haul, carry, lug, tote, cart, hump, schlep
• heave, heave up

Use "hefted" in a sentence

1. They handled (“hefted”) the gold plates.

2. He hefted his bag into the car.

3. He told me that the palm of banana hefted 5 pounds.

4. He hefted his right arm and took away a gun from the bookshelf.

5. He hefted a sack of wheat to see how heavy it was.

6. 27 While fitzAlan hefted the grey's hoof and set to work, she glanced about, absently patting Chalon's velvety muzzle.

7. He hefted the dead man's sword, then strapped the scabbard to his waist, over his heavy furs.

8. A huge lifting crane that hefted cylinders of red-hot steel and moved them around the mill invited whispered superlatives.