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HEFT UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lift or elevate

Synonyms:

heave; heave up; heft; heft up

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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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