Hefted [verb]

Definition of Hefted:

move upwards; ascend

Synonyms of Hefted:

● Raise

● Rise

● Pick up

● Hoist

● Climb

● Boost

● Disappear

● Soar

● Uphold

● Hike

● Mount

● Dissipate

● Up

● Erect

● Elevate

● Upraise

● Arise

● Aspire

● Uplift

● Vanish

● Rear

● Disperse

● Bring up

● Build up

● Come up

● Draw up

● Put up

● Take up

● Uprear

● Heft

● Goose

● Upheave

● Bear aloft

● Buoy up

● Hike up

● Jack up

● Jump up

● Move up

● Raise high


Opposite/Antonyms of Hefted:

● Depress

● Receive

● Give

● Set down

● Appear

● Gather

● Collect

● Fall

● Descend

● Lower

● Drop

● Weaken

● Dispirit

● Demote

● Impose

● Lessen

● Decrease


Sentence/Example of Hefted:

He picked up one of the cylinders and hefted it in the palm of his hand.

Mike the Angel hefted the heavy stun gun in his right fist, feeling its weight without really noticing it.

Close by his side lay a little harp, and further off a short spear roughly hefted with an ash-staff.

She looked at the dagger again that had once snuggled to Prince Tearloch's knee, hefted it, caressed it.

So he grudgingly hefted the burden of the senseless figure and plodded under its weight to the nearest cabin.

Raftery cunningly hefted the nugget and set out the bottles.

I hefted her brass-nailed trunk up the hill from their tent myself, and I watched her take out her crucifix.

He turned and 'hefted' the rifle, silently, and then he squinted over the barrel two or three times.

He loved the grinding, clashing, and rending sibilants and explosives as Tennyson the tender-hefted liquids.

"It's certainly boss licker," said Groundhog, after he had drunk it, and prudently hefted the canteen to see if it was full.