1. heft - Noun
2. heft - Verb
Same as Haft, n.
The act or effort of heaving/ violent strain or exertion.
Weight; ponderousness.
The greater part or bulk of anything; as, the heft of the crop was spoiled.
of Heft
To heave up; to raise aloft.
To prove or try the weight of by raising.
Source: Webster's dictionaryPeople who read poetry, for example, like the feel, the heft and the smell of a book. Simon Armitage
These weren't encouraged in the city, since the heft and throw of a longbow's arrow could send it through an innocent bystander a hundred yards away instead of the innocent bystander at whom it was aimed. Terry Pratchett
These were a part of the playing I heard Once, ere my love and my heart were at strife; Love that sings and hath wings as a bird, Balm of the wound and heft of the knife. Algernon Charles Swinburne
A book should have an intellectual shape and a heft that comes with dealing with a primary subject. William Safire
We would struggle to heft a big bag of groceries home, but Shivaji would pick up sack after sack, and heave them right into waiting lorries. He was never a shirker and his capacity to work hard has definitely helped him reach where he is today. Rajinikanth
For me, any fiction of nobles and swords necessarily has to be a story of corruption, injustice and savagely violent conflict - because any other treatment is going to have all the heft and realistic honesty of a bedtime fairy tale for five year olds. Richard Morgan