Heavy (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective, heav·i·er, heav·i·est.

of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load.
of great amount, quantity, or size; extremely large; massive: a heavy vote; a heavy snowfall.
of great force, intensity, turbulence, etc.: a heavy sea.
of more than the usual or average weight: a heavy person; heavy freight.
having much weight in proportion to bulk; being of high specific gravity: a heavy metal.
of major import; grave; serious: a heavy offense.
deep or intense; profound: a heavy thinker; heavy slumber.
Military.

hard to bear; burdensome; harsh; oppressive: heavy taxes.
hard to cope with; trying; difficult: a heavy task.
being as indicated to an unusually great degree:a heavy buyer.
broad, thick, or coarse; not delicate: heavy lines drawn in charcoal.
weighted or laden: air heavy with moisture.
fraught; loaded; charged: words heavy with meaning.
depressed with trouble or sorrow; showing sorrow; sad: a heavy heart.
without vivacity or interest; ponderous; dull: a heavy style.
slow in movement or action; clumsy: a heavy walk.
loud and deep; sonorous: a heavy sound.
(of the sky) overcast or cloudy.
exceptionally dense in substance; insufficiently raised or leavened; thick: heavy doughnuts.
(of food) not easily digested.
being in a state of advanced pregnancy; nearing childbirth: heavy with child;heavy with young.
having a large capacity, capable of doing rough work, or having a large output: a heavy truck.
producing or refining basic materials, as steel or coal, used in manufacturing: heavy industry.
sober, serious, or somber: a heavy part in a drama.
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.
Slang.

noun, plural heav·ies.

a somber or ennobled theatrical role or character: Iago is the heavy in Othello.
the theatrical role of a villain.
an actor who plays a theatrical heavy.
a gun of great weight or large caliber.
a very important or influential person: a reception for government heavies.

adverb

adjective heavier or heaviest

of comparatively great weight
having a relatively high density
great in yield, quality, or quantity
great or considerable
hard to bear, accomplish, or fulfil
sad or dejected in spirit or mood
coarse or broad
(of soil) having a high clay content; cloggy
solid or fat
(of an industry) engaged in the large-scale complex manufacture of capital goods or extraction of raw materials
serious; grave
military

weighted; burdened
clumsy and slow
permeating
cloudy or overcast, esp threatening rain
not easily digestible
(of an element or compound) being or containing an isotope with greater atomic weight than that of the naturally occurring element
(of the going on a racecourse) soft and muddy
using, or prepared to use, violence or brutality
using large quantities of