heavy

/'hevi/
Adjective
  1. in an advanced stage of pregnancy
    • was big with child
    • was great with child
  2. (of sleep) deep and complete
    • a heavy sleep
    • fell into a profound sleep
    • a sound sleeper
    • deep wakeless sleep
  3. lacking lightness or liveliness
    • heavy humor
    • a leaden conversation
  4. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
    • worked their arduous way up the mining valley
    • a grueling campaign
    • hard labor
    • heavy work
    • heavy going
    • spent many laborious hours on the project
    • set a punishing pace
  5. requiring or showing effort
    • heavy breathing
    • the subject made for labored reading
  6. full of; bearing great weight
    • trees heavy with fruit
    • vines weighed down with grapes
  7. sharply inclined
    • a heavy grade
  8. dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
    • a heavy pudding
  9. large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
    • a heavy truck
    • heavy machinery
  10. slow and laborious because of weight
    • the heavy tread of tired troops
    • moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot
    • ponderous prehistoric beasts
    • a ponderous yawn
  11. of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
    • grave responsibilities
    • faced a grave decision in a time of crisis
    • a grievous fault
    • heavy matters of state
    • the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference
  12. given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
    • a hard drinker
  13. full and loud and deep
    • heavy sounds
    • a herald chosen for his sonorous voice
  14. prodigious
    • big spender
    • big eater
    • heavy investor
  15. made of fabric having considerable thickness
    • a heavy coat
  16. of relatively large extent and density
    • a heavy line
  17. permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
    • dense smoke
    • heavy fog
    • impenetrable gloom
  18. (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
    • Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'
  19. (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
    • heavy hydrogen
    • heavy water
  20. of great intensity or power or force
    • a heavy blow
    • the fighting was heavy
    • heavy seas
  21. darkened by clouds
    • a heavy sky
  22. (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
    • the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated
  23. usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
  24. marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
    • a heavy heart
    • a heavy schedule
    • heavy news
    • a heavy silence
    • heavy eyelids
  25. of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
    • heavy artillery
    • heavy infantry
    • a heavy cruiser
    • heavy guns
    • heavy industry involves large-scale production of basic products (such as steel) used by other industries
  26. unusually great in degree or quantity or number
    • heavy taxes
    • a heavy fine
    • heavy casualties
    • heavy losses
    • heavy rain
    • heavy traffic
  27. of comparatively great physical weight or density
    • a heavy load
    • lead is a heavy metal
    • heavy mahogany furniture
Adverb
  1. slowly as if burdened by much weight
    • time hung heavy on their hands
Noun
  1. a serious (or tragic) role in a play
  2. an actor who plays villainous roles

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