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haft

/hɑːft/US/hæft/

haft noun: the handle of a tool or weapon. Also the alternative spelling of heft.

Noun

haft (plural hafts)

  1. The handle of a tool or weapon.
    • See this brandiſh'd Dagger: / […] / I'll bury to the haft, in her fair breaſt, / This Inſtrument of my Revenge.1679, [John] Dryden, [Nathaniel] Lee, Oedipus: A Tragedy. […], London: […] R. Bentley and M. Magnes […], →OCLC, Act V, page 74
    Synonyms:
    helve

Verb

haft (third-person singular simple present hafts, present participle hafting, simple past and past participle hafted)

  1. (transitive) To fit a handle to (a tool or weapon).
    • Instead, they made finely crafted bone points to haft onto their spears, reserving the use of flint mostly for blades and scrapers.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 218
  2. (transitive) To grip by the handle.

Also used as

haft is also the alternative spelling of heft.

haft meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

haft in Tamil

handle
பிடி piṭi, கைப்பிடி kaippiṭi, காம்பு kāmpu

haft in Tagalog

handle
puluhan, landa

Synonyms of haft

Forms of haft

Noun
pluralhafts
Verb
third-person singular presenthafts
present participlehafting
past participlehafted
pasthafted

Origin of haft

From Middle English haft, from Old English hæft, from Proto-West Germanic *haftī, from Proto-Germanic *haftiją.

See heft (etymology 3).

Words formed from haft

Phrases with haft

Words that rhyme with haft

Questions about haft

What does haft mean?
Haft means the handle of a tool or weapon.
What is haft in Tamil?
Haft in Tamil is பிடி (piṭi), கைப்பிடி (kaippiṭi), காம்பு (kāmpu). See Haft meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is haft?
Haft can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce haft?
Haft is pronounced /hæft/ (US).
What is the plural of haft?
The plural of haft is hafts.

Words near haft in the dictionary

  1. hafnon
  2. hafnyl
  3. hafod
  4. hafods
  5. Hafodyrynys
  6. haft
  7. Haft Seen
  8. hafta
  9. haftability
  10. haftable
  11. haftara

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