whakaheke. 1. v.t. Cause to descend, etc.; let down. Katahi ka tino whakahekea te waka ra e ia ki te korokoro o te Parata (M. ix). Whakaheke tupu, treat with indignity. Ehara he iwi whakaheke tupu tangata (T. 141).
2. Make to drip, shed tears. Taku turanga ake i te kuwaha nei, whakaheke roimata (M. 274).
3. Put in motion a body of men. Ka whakahekea te ope hei patu (P. 106).
4. Feign, pretend, lie.
5. Catch eels by means of a net fixed in a weir. Ka riro a Te iwi ma ki te whakaheke tuna.
6. n. Rope. Ka herea te whakaheke ki te ra (W. ii, 81).
7. Felling axe.
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