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List of meaning for heavy

weighty; substantial

heavy(noun)

an actor who plays villainous roles

heavy(adj)

a serious (or tragic) role in a play

heavy(adj)

of comparatively great physical weight or density

"a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogany furniture"

heavy(adj)

unusually great in degree or quantity or number

"heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic"

heavy(adj)

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"

heavy(adj)

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"

fleshy, heavy, overweight(adj)

usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

clayey, cloggy, heavy(adj)

(used of soil) compact and fine-grained

"the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"

heavy, lowering, sullen, threatening(adj)

darkened by clouds

"a heavy sky"

heavy(adj)

of great intensity or power or force

"a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas"

heavy(adj)

(physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight

"heavy hydrogen"; "heavy water"

heavy(adj)

(of an actor or role) being or playing the villain

"Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'"

dense, heavy, impenetrable(adj)

permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter

"dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"

heavy(adj)

of relatively large extent and density

"a heavy line"

heavy(adj)

made of fabric having considerable thickness

"a heavy coat"

big(a), heavy(a)(adj)

prodigious

"big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor"

heavy, sonorous(adj)

full and loud and deep

"heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice"

intemperate, hard, heavy(adj)

given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors

"a hard drinker"

grave, grievous, heavy, weighty(adj)

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"

heavy, lumbering, ponderous(adj)

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"

heavy(adj)

large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work

"a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery"

heavy(adj)

dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal

"a heavy pudding"

heavy(adj)

sharply inclined

"a heavy grade"

heavy, weighed down(adj)

full of; bearing great weight

"trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes"

heavy, labored, laboured(adj)

requiring or showing effort

"heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading"

arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome(adj)

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"

heavy, leaden(adj)

lacking lightness or liveliness

"heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation"

heavy, profound, sound, wakeless(adj)

(of sleep) deep and complete

"a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"

big(p), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p)(adverb)

in an advanced stage of pregnancy

"was big with child"; "was great with child"

heavy, heavily(adverb)

slowly as if burdened by much weight

"time hung heavy on their hands"

having great weight

this trunk full of books is much too heavy for one person to lift

causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest

the study of history doesn't have to be all about dull heavy reading and the memorization of dates

containing much seasoning, fat, or sugar

avoid heavy desserts like cheesecake and pecan pie

covered over by clouds

heavy skies threatening rain

difficult to endure

they paid a heavy price for their mistakes

extreme in degree, power, or effect heavy rains

the company is forecasting heavy losses this year

having a matter of importance as its topic

got into a heavy discussion about death and the afterlife

requiring considerable physical or mental effort

until we find our groove, it's going to be heavy sledding on this project

having great power or influence

she's not among the handful of heavy critics who can make or break a Broadway show

containing unborn young within the body

the heifer was heavy with young and soon would be birthing

a mean, evil, or unprincipled person

he played the heavy in film after film until being cast against type as the romantic lead in a comedy

one of high position or importance within a group

in the field of secondary education, she definitely ranks as one of the heavies

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