eft /ɛft/adverb 1noun 1forms 1 adverb1 •(no longer used) Again; afterwardsAnd when they were all gone, / And the dim moon doth eft withhold the light,[…] — 1557 noun1 •A newt, especially a smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris, syn. Triturus punctatus), of Europe.Only these marishes and myrie bogs, / In which the fearefull ewftes do build their bowres, / Yeeld me an hostry mongst the croking frogs […]. — 1596 formsefts