verb
definition
To lift up; especially, to lift something heavy.
example
He hefted the sack of concrete into the truck.
definition
To test the weight of something by lifting it.
verb
definition
(Northern England and Scotland) To make (a farm animal, especially a flock of sheep) accustomed and attached to an area of mountain pasture.
Examples of hefting in a Sentence
He grinned, hefting the machete.
He growled and wrapped his arms around her, hefting her onto his hips.
She closed the lid and jerked the suitcase off the bed, hefting it down the hall, across the living room and out the door.
Hefting the saddle to its proper place, she released the horses in their separate pastures.
The man I saw at Trader Joes hefting a case was clearly onto something.
Although corsets are famously designed to cinch a woman's waist while hefting the bosom and smoothing the hips, this usage did not begin in earnest until the 18th century.
Hefting them, Gabe glanced at his forearm.