haft

Meaning

Noun

The handle of a tool or weapon.

Verb

1. (transitive) To fit a handle to (a tool or weapon).
2. (transitive) To grip by the handle.

Verb

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”)

Synonyms

handle

hilt

grip

helve

heft

shaft

knob

gripe

handgrip

manubrium

lug

pommel

pull

pummel

quickset

shank

slip

stalk

stem

stock

hand lever

bail

having a handle

butt

clutch

cram

cutting

graft

handlebar

head

holder

keeper

petiole

Translations

impugnatura

manico

manche

Heft

📓

mango

heft

Griff

poignée

elsa

emmancher

handvat

puño

✊

empuñadura

bourrer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hæft/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: haft

Inherited from Old English: hæft

In summary

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