heavy
adj , heavier, heaviest
1 of comparatively great weight
a heavy stone
2 having a relatively high density
lead is a heavy metal
3 great in yield, quality, or quantity
heavy rain, heavy traffic
4 great or considerable
heavy emphasis
5 hard to bear, accomplish, or fulfil
heavy demands
6 sad or dejected in spirit or mood
heavy at heart
7 coarse or broad
a heavy line, heavy features
8 (of soil) having a high clay content; cloggy
9 solid or fat
heavy legs
10 (of an industry) engaged in the large-scale complex manufacture of capital goods or extraction of raw materials
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a armed or equipped with large weapons, armour, etc.
b (of guns, etc.) of a large and powerful type
13 (of a syllable) having stress or accentuation
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14 dull and uninteresting
a heavy style
15 prodigious
a heavy drinker
16 (of cakes, bread, etc.) insufficiently leavened
17 deep and loud
a heavy thud
18 (of music, literature, etc.)
a dramatic and powerful; grandiose
b not immediately comprehensible or appealing
c (of rock music) having a powerful beat; hard
20 weighted; burdened
heavy with child
21 clumsy and slow
heavy going
22 permeating
a heavy smell
23 cloudy or overcast, esp. threatening rain
heavy skies
24 not easily digestible
a heavy meal
25 (of an element or compound) being or containing an isotope with greater atomic weight than that of the naturally occurring element
heavy hydrogen, heavy water
26 (Horse racing) (of the going on a racecourse) soft and muddy
27 Slang using, or prepared to use, violence or brutality
the heavy mob
28 ♦
heavy on
Informal using large quantities of
this car is heavy on petrol
n pl , heavies
b an actor who plays such a part
a a large fleet unit, esp. an aircraft carrier or battleship
b a large calibre or weighty piece of artillery
31 Informal usually pl, often preceded by: the a serious newspaper
the Sunday heavies
32 Informal a heavyweight boxer, wrestler, etc.
33 Slang a man hired to threaten violence or deter others by his presence
34 (Scot) strong bitter beer
adv
a in a heavy manner; heavily
time hangs heavy
b (in combination)
heavy-laden
(Old English hefig; related to hebban to heave, Old High German hebig)
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heaviness n