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ALL meanings of heavy

heav·y
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  • noun heavy Of great weight ; difficult to lift or move. 1
  • adjective heavy of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load. 1
  • adjective heavy of great amount, quantity, or size; extremely large; massive: a heavy vote; a heavy snowfall. 1
  • adjective heavy of great force, intensity, turbulence, etc.: a heavy sea. 1
  • adjective heavy of more than the usual or average weight: a heavy person; heavy freight. 1
  • adjective heavy having much weight in proportion to bulk; being of high specific gravity: a heavy metal. 1
  • adjective heavy of major import; grave; serious: a heavy offense. 1
  • adjective heavy deep or intense; profound: a heavy thinker; heavy slumber. 1
  • adjective heavy Military. thickly armed or equipped with guns of large size. Compare heavy cruiser. (of guns) of the more powerful sizes: heavy weapons. Compare heavy artillery. 1
  • adjective heavy hard to bear; burdensome; harsh; oppressive: heavy taxes. 1
  • adjective heavy hard to cope with; trying; difficult: a heavy task. 1
  • adjective heavy being as indicated to an unusually great degree: a heavy buyer. 1
  • adjective heavy broad, thick, or coarse; not delicate: heavy lines drawn in charcoal. 1
  • adjective heavy weighted or laden: air heavy with moisture. 1
  • adjective heavy fraught; loaded; charged: words heavy with meaning. 1
  • adjective heavy depressed with trouble or sorrow; showing sorrow; sad: a heavy heart. 1
  • adjective heavy without vivacity or interest; ponderous; dull: a heavy style. 1
  • adjective heavy slow in movement or action; clumsy: a heavy walk. 1
  • adjective heavy loud and deep; sonorous: a heavy sound. 1
  • adjective heavy (of the sky) overcast or cloudy. 1
  • adjective heavy exceptionally dense in substance; insufficiently raised or leavened; thick: heavy doughnuts. 1
  • adjective heavy (of food) not easily digested. 1
  • adjective heavy being in a state of advanced pregnancy; nearing childbirth: heavy with child; heavy with young. 1
  • adjective heavy having a large capacity, capable of doing rough work, or having a large output: a heavy truck. 1
  • adjective heavy producing or refining basic materials, as steel or coal, used in manufacturing: heavy industry. 1
  • adjective heavy sober, serious, or somber: a heavy part in a drama. 1
  • adjective heavy Chemistry. of or relating to an isotope of greater than normal atomic weight, as heavy hydrogen or heavy oxygen, or to a compound containing such an element, as heavy water. 1
  • adjective heavy Slang. very good; excellent. very serious or important: a really heavy relationship. 1
  • adjective heavy Phonetics. stressed (def 12). long1 (def 22). 1
  • noun plural heavy a somber or ennobled theatrical role or character: Iago is the heavy in Othello. 1
  • noun plural heavy the theatrical role of a villain. 1
  • noun plural heavy an actor who plays a theatrical heavy. 1
  • noun plural heavy Military. a gun of great weight or large caliber. 1
  • noun plural heavy Slang. a very important or influential person: a reception for government heavies. 1
  • abbreviation HEAVY heavily. 1
  • adjective heavy of great weight 1
  • adjective heavy intense 1
  • adjective heavy culinary: dense 1
  • adjective heavy powerful 1
  • adjective heavy sea: very choppy 1
  • adjective heavy excessive 1
  • adjective heavy strict 1
  • adjective heavy profound 1
  • adjective heavy gloomy 1
  • adjective heavy pregnant 1
  • adjective heavy onerous 1
  • adjective heavy bread: not fully raised 1
  • adjective heavy rich, difficult to digest 1
  • noun heavy role as sb mean 1
  • noun heavy a man hired to threaten violence or deter others by his presence 0
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