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heavy meaning and definition

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HEAVY noun

Definition of heavy (noun)

  1. an actor who plays villainous roles
  2. a serious (or tragic) role in a play

HEAVY adjective

Definition of heavy (adjective)

  1. of comparatively great physical weight or density
    • "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogany furniture"
    • antonym: light
  2. unusually great in degree or quantity or number
    • "heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic"
    • antonym: light
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
  6. (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
    • "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"
    • synonyms: clayey, cloggy
  7. darkened by clouds
  8. of great intensity or power or force
    • "a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas"
    • antonym: light
  9. (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
    • "heavy hydrogen"; "heavy water"
    • antonym: light
  10. (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
    • "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'"
  11. permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
  12. of relatively large extent and density
    • "a heavy line"
  13. made of fabric having considerable thickness
    • "a heavy coat"
  14. prodigious
    • "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor"
    • synonyms: big
  15. full and loud and deep
    • "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice"
    • synonyms: sonorous
  16. given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
  17. 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"
    • synonyms: grave, grievous, weighty
  18. 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"
    • synonyms: lumbering, ponderous
  19. large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
    • "a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery"
  20. dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
    • "a heavy pudding"
  21. sharply inclined
    • "a heavy grade"
  22. full of; bearing great weight
    • "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes"
    • synonyms: weighed down
  23. requiring or showing effort
    • "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading"
    • synonyms: labored, laboured
  24. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
  25. lacking lightness or liveliness
    • "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation"
    • synonyms: leaden
  26. (of sleep) deep and complete
    • "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
    • synonyms: profound, sound, wakeless
  27. in an advanced stage of pregnancy

HEAVY adverb

Definition of heavy (adverb)

  1. slowly as if burdened by much weight
    • "time hung heavy on their hands"
    • synonyms: heavily
Source: Princeton University Wordnet

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