hefted

verb

past tense of heft
1
as in hoisted
to lift with effort hefted his growing son onto his shoulders

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2
as in lifted
to move from a lower to a higher place or position heft your baggy gym shorts a little higher—you're showing us more than we care to see

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Recent Examples of hefted The judge also hefted an additional $250 fine to one person’s charge for taking rocks. — Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 12 Mar. 2026 Here in our yards, long years of earth have been hefted by hand and heaped up on tarps. — Steven Searcy, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hefted
  1. hoisted
  2. lifted
  3. heaved
  4. raised
Verb
  • The Padres have played in the World Series twice in franchise history, most recently in 1998, but have never hoisted the Commissioner's Trophy.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Gogebic County Sheriff's Office The Gogebic County Search and Rescue Team located the two and hoisted them to safety, with only minor injuries resulting.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of hoisted
Verb
  • Sauer added, warning of potential confusion if the order is not lifted.
    — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2026
  • From the moment the shutters were lifted, at noon, until they were pulled down, at ten, there were men outside.
    — Akhil Sharma, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of lifted
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  • Canada did just that and then heaved the ball the length of the court to a wide-open Angel Reese with 15 seconds left.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • In Aleppo, in the suburbs of Damascus, across Syria, people and neighborhoods heaved under the trauma of the last 14 years.
    — Lina Sergie Attar, Time, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of heaved
Verb
  • Saturday’s result raised UNC’s floor more than its ceiling in my eyes.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • He was raised Catholic and served as an altar boy, according to his older sister Maridale Powell, 89.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026
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“Hefted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hefted. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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