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heavy meaning and definition
Definition and meaning of heavy at MeaningMonkey.org. heavy meaning and definition in the English Dictionary.HEAVY noun
Definition of heavy (noun)
- an actor who plays villainous roles
- a serious (or tragic) role in a play
HEAVY adjective
Definition of heavy (adjective)
- of comparatively great physical weight or density
- "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogany furniture"
- antonym: light
- unusually great in degree or quantity or number
- "heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic"
- antonym: light
- 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"
- antonym: light
- 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"
- antonym: light
- usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
- synonyms: fleshy, overweight
- (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
- darkened by clouds
- "a heavy sky"
- synonyms: lowering, sullen, threatening
- of great intensity or power or force
- "a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas"
- antonym: light
- (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
- "heavy hydrogen"; "heavy water"
- antonym: light
- (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
- "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'"
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"
- synonyms: dense, impenetrable
- of relatively large extent and density
- "a heavy line"
- made of fabric having considerable thickness
- "a heavy coat"
- prodigious
- "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor"
- synonyms: big
- full and loud and deep
- "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice"
- synonyms: sonorous
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- "a hard drinker"
- synonyms: hard, intemperate
- of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
- slow and laborious because of weight
- large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
- "a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery"
- dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
- "a heavy pudding"
- sharply inclined
- "a heavy grade"
- full of; bearing great weight
- "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes"
- synonyms: weighed down
- requiring or showing effort
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
- lacking lightness or liveliness
- "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation"
- synonyms: leaden
- (of sleep) deep and complete
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
HEAVY adverb
Definition of heavy (adverb)
- slowly as if burdened by much weight
- "time hung heavy on their hands"
- synonyms: heavily
Source: Princeton University Wordnet