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- [haft, hahft]
- /hæft, hɑft/
- /hɑːft/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [haft, hahft]
- /hæft, hɑft/
Definitions of haft word
- noun haft a handle, especially of a knife, sword, or dagger. 1
- verb with object haft to furnish with a haft or handle; set in a haft. 1
- noun haft The handle of a knife, ax, or spear. 1
- noun haft handle of a knife or tool 1
- noun haft the handle of an axe, knife, etc 0
- verb haft to provide with a haft 0
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Origin of haft
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English; Old English hæft handle, literally, that which is taken, grasped; cognate with Latin captus, German Heft han-dle
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Parts of speech for Haft
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
haft popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
haft usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for haft
noun haft
- tail — the limitation of an estate to a person and the person’s heirs or some particular class of such heirs.
- handle — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- shank — Anatomy. the part of the lower limb in humans between the knee and the ankle; leg.
- bottom — The bottom of something is the lowest or deepest part of it.
- tip — Eugene (Gladstone) 1888–1953, U.S. playwright: Nobel prize 1936.
Antonyms for haft
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