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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

• HEFT UP (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Lift or elevate

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

heave up; heft; heft up; heave

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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