noun
Meaning 1
The handle of a tool or weapon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
haft
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /hæft/
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Received-Pronunciation: /hɑːft/
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rhymes with -ɑːft
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rhymes with -æft
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CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 F T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Alternative spelling of heft (“piece of pastureland which farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) have become accustomed to; flock or group of farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) which have become accustomed to a particular piece of pastureland”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, alt-of, alternative
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verb
Meaning 3
To fit a handle to (a tool or weapon).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To grip by the handle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 5
Alternative spelling of heft (“(transitive) to accustom (a flock or group of farm animals, chiefly cattle or sheep) to a piece of pastureland; to establish or settle (someone) in an occupation or place of residence; to establish or plant (something) firmly in a place; (intransitive, reflexive) of a thing: to establish or settle itself in a place”)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, alt-of, alternative, ambitransitive
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noun
Meaning 6
the handle of a weapon or tool
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: helve
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: handle, grip, handgrip, hold
History
Etymology
From Middle English haft, from Old English hæft, from Proto-West Germanic *haftī, from Proto-Germanic *haftiją.
See heft (etymology 3).
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: дръжка (drǎžka) — handle
- Dutch: heft — handle
- Dutch: greep — handle
- Dutch: handvat — handle
- Dutch: handgreep — handle
- Esperanto: tenilo — handle
- Finnish: varsi — handle
- Finnish: kahva — handle
- Galician: empuñadura — handle
- Galician: puño — handle
- Galician: mango — handle
- Galician: cabo — handle
- Georgian: ვადა (vada) — handle
- German: Heft — handle
- German: Griff — handle
- Ancient Greek: λαβή (labḗ) — handle
- Hebrew: קת (kat) — handle
- Hebrew: ידית (yadít) — handle
- Italian: elsa — handle
- Italian: coccia — handle
- Italian: impugnatura — handle
- Italian: guardamano — handle
- Italian: presa — handle
- Italian: ansa — handle
- Italian: maniglia — handle
- Italian: manopola — handle
- Khmer: ដង (dɑɑng) — handle
- Korean: 손잡이 (sonjabi) — handle
- Korean: 자루 (jaru) — handle
- Latin: manubrium — handle
- Mongolian: бариул (bariul) — handle
- Portuguese: cabo — handle
- Russian: ру́чка (rúčka) — handle
- Russian: рукоя́тка (rukojátka) — handle
- Russian: черено́к (čerenók) — handle
- Scottish Gaelic: lurgann — handle
- Spanish: empuñadura — handle
- Spanish: asidero — handle
- Swedish: skaft — handle
- Swedish: handtag — handle
- Tagalog: puluhan — handle
- Tagalog: landa — handle
- Tamil: பிடி (piṭi) — handle
- Tamil: கைப்பிடி (kaippiṭi) — handle
- Tamil: காம்பு (kāmpu) — handle
- Bulgarian: слагам дръжка (slagam drǎžka) — fit a handle
- Dutch: er een handvat aanzetten — fit a handle
- Dutch: vatten — fit a handle
- Galician: manchar — fit a handle
- Galician: mangar — fit a handle
- Swedish: skafta — fit a handle