heavy

/ˈhɛv.i/

adjective 26
noun 7
adverb 3
verb 3
/ˈhiːvi/ adjective 1
forms 8
phrases 15

adjective26

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of great weight, so that a lot of strength is needed to lift or move it
- Can you help me carry this? It's really heavy.
- Use the scales to measure how heavy it is.
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Heavyset: overweight.
- When he was a child he was rather heavy, but today he is impressively fit.
Having a relatively high takeoff weight and payload.
Having a maximum takeoff weight exceeding 300,000 pounds, as almost all widebodies do, generating high wake turbulence.
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High, great.
- The ovarian response to gonadotropic hormones may be erratic at first, so that irregular or heavy bleeding sometimes occurs — 1998
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Loud, distorted, or intense.
- Metal is heavier than rock.
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Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
- This car is too heavy on gas.
- He was a heavy sleeper, a heavy eater and a heavy smoker – certainly not an ideal husband.
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Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
- it was a heavy storm; a heavy slumber in bed; a heavy punch
Serious, somber.
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Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
- heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.
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With eyelids difficult to keep open due to tiredness.
- Watch for the signs of fatigue, including yawning, blinking and heavy eyes. — 2021
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Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.
- his eyes were heavy with sleep; she was heavy with child
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High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
- Cheese-stuffed sausage is too heavy to eat before exercising.
Not raised or leavened.
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Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
- a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, etc.
- a heavy writer or book
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Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
- The next day we only made some eight miles, as the road was heavy beyond all belief. It lay through a desert region of country which was ancle-deep ^([sic]) in soda and alkali dust. — 1861
Of petroleum, having high viscosity.
Hot and humid.
Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one.
Having much body or strength.
Heavily-armed.
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(slang) Armed.
- Come heavy, or not at all.
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(US, old-fashioned) Profound.
- The Moody Blues are, like, heavy.
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Of a market: in which the price of shares is declining.
- The very low prices of brandy, and the continuance of a heavy market for such a length of time, have begun to attract buyers; […] — 1819
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(slang, old-fashioned) Good.
- This film is heavy.
(no longer used) With child; pregnant.

noun7

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(slang) A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
- With his wrinkled, uneven face, the actor always seemed to play the heavy in films.
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(slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
- A fight started outside the bar but the heavies came out and stopped it.
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A prominent figure; a "major player".
- A collection of topical themes and love songs, featuring session work by women's music "heavies" Holly Near, Mary Watkins, Linda Tillery, Robin Flower, and others. — 1985
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A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.
- In a firm voice he said, “World Wide Six heavy is ready for takeoff.” — 1990
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[in the plural] (slang) A newspaper of the quality press.
- The comment may be offered here that the 'heavies' have been the Design Award's principal scorers, both in the overall bronze plaque days and, since, in the Daily/Sunday Class 1. — 1973
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(historical) A member of the heavy cavalry.
- Cavalry […] is divided into mediums, heavies, and light cavalry. The mediums consist of 13 regiments; the heavies of 2 regiments; and the light of 13. — 1891
(slang, no longer used) A serious theatrical role.

adverb3

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In a heavy manner; weightily; heavily; gravely.
- Heavy-laden with their sins, time hung heavy
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(informal, nonstandard) To a great degree; greatly.
- Olive: What was it - booze? Barney: Yeh. Been hitting it pretty heavy. — 1957
(India, informal) very

verb3

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To make heavier.
- They piled their goods on the donkey's back, heavying up an already backbreaking load.
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(Australia, informal) To use power or wealth to exert influence on, e.g., governments or corporations; to pressure.
- The union was well known for the methods it used to heavy many businesses.
To sadden.

heavy

/ˈhiːvi/

adjective1

Having the heaves.

forms

heavied · heavying · heavies · heavys · heavier · more heavy · heaviest · most heavy

Phrases with heavy