haft

Plural: hafts

Noun

• the handle of a weapon or tool
• The handle of a tool or weapon.
• 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”).

Verb

Verb Forms: hafted, hafting, hafts

• To provide something, like a tool or weapon, with a handle.
• To fit a handle to (a tool or weapon).
• To grip by the handle.
• 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”)

Examples

• He needed to HAFT his strategy with solid vocabulary to secure victory in Scrabble.

Synonyms

helve

Anagrams of haft