- 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.
- thickly armed or equipped with guns of large size.
- (of guns) of the more powerful sizes: heavy weapons.
- 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.
- very good; excellent.
- very serious or important: a really heavy relationship.
- Phonetics. (of a syllable)
- 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.
- 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
- armed or equipped with large weapons, armour, etc
- (of guns, etc) of a large and powerful type
- (of a syllable) having stress or accentuation
- dull and uninteresting
- prodigious
- (of cakes, bread, etc) insufficiently leavened
- deep and loud
- (of music, literature, etc)
- dramatic and powerful; grandiose
- not immediately comprehensible or appealing
- slang
- unpleasant or tedious
- wonderful
- (of rock music) having a powerful beat; hard
- 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
- a villainous role
- an actor who plays such a part
- military
- a large fleet unit, esp an aircraft carrier or battleship
- a large calibre or weighty piece of artillery
- a serious newspaper
- a heavyweight boxer, wrestler, etc
- a man hired to threaten violence or deter others by his presence
- strong bitter beer
- in a heavy manner; heavily
- (in combination)
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