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HEFT UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heft up mean?
• HEFT UP (verb)
The verb HEFT UP has 1 sense:
1. lift or elevate
Familiarity information: HEFT UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lift or elevate
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
heave; heave up; heft; heft up
Hypernyms (to "heft up" is one way to...):
lift (take hold of something and move it to a different location)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "heft up"):
upheave (lift forcefully from beneath)
weigh anchor; weigh the anchor (heave up an anchor in preparation for sailing)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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