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Word of the day
for June 22
heft n
  1. (uncountable)
    1. The feel of the weight of something; heaviness.
    2. (dated except UK, dialectal and US) The force exerted by an object due to gravitation; weight.
    3. (figurative) Graveness, seriousness; gravity.
    4. (figurative) Importance, influence; weight.
    5. (US, informal, dated) The greater part of something; the bulk, the mass.
  2. (countable)
    1. (UK, dialectal) An act of lifting; a lift.
    2. (obsolete) An act of heaving (lifting with difficulty); an instance of violent exertion or straining. [...]
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