Definition
Meaning of 'Heavy'
Meaning of 'Heavy' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Heavy 
[ a.]
- Having the heaves. [ a.]2. Heavy [ adv.]
- Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; as,
heavy-laden. [ adv.]3. Heavy [ superl.]
- Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty;
ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent,
quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy
failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength;
as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught. [ superl.]- Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.
- Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment.
- Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book.
- Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like.
- Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder.
- Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the sky.
- Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like.
- Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.
- Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; -- said of food.
- Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other liquors.
- With child; pregnant.
4. Heavy [ v. t.]
- To make heavy. [ v. t.]Meaning of 'Heavy' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. heavy [ a]
[ a]Meaning (1):
- of great intensity or power or force
- of great intensity or power or force
Example in sentence:
- a heavy blow;
- heavy seas;
- the fighting was heavy
Meaning (2):
- marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
- marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
Example in sentence:
- a heavy heart;
- a heavy schedule;
- a heavy silence;
- heavy eyelids;
- heavy news
Meaning (3):
- of comparatively great physical weight or density
- of comparatively great physical weight or density
Example in sentence:
- a heavy load;
- heavy mahogany furniture;
- lead is a heavy metal
Meaning (4):
- of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
- of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
Example in sentence:
- a heavy cruiser;
- heavy artillery;
- heavy guns;
- heavy industry involves large-scale production of basic products (such as steel) used by other industries;
- heavy infantry
Meaning (5):
- (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
- (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
Example in sentence:
- heavy hydrogen;
- heavy water
Meaning (6):
- unusually great in degree or quantity or number
- unusually great in degree or quantity or number
Example in sentence:
- a heavy fine;
- heavy casualties;
- heavy losses;
- heavy rain;
- heavy taxes;
- heavy traffic
2. heavy [ r]
[ r]Meaning (7):
- slowly as if burdened by much weight
- slowly as if burdened by much weight
Example in sentence:
- time hung heavy on their hands
3. heavy [ s]
[ s]Meaning (8):
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
Example in sentence:
- a hard drinker
Meaning (9):
- made of fabric having considerable thickness
- made of fabric having considerable thickness
Example in sentence:
- a heavy coat
Meaning (10):
- sharply inclined
- sharply inclined
Example in sentence:
- a heavy grade
Meaning (11):
- of relatively large extent and density
- of relatively large extent and density
Example in sentence:
- a heavy line
Meaning (12):
- dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
- dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
Example in sentence:
- a heavy pudding
Meaning (13):
- darkened by clouds
- darkened by clouds
Example in sentence:
- a heavy sky
Meaning (14):
- (of sleep) deep and complete
- (of sleep) deep and complete
Example in sentence:
- a heavy sleep;
- a sound sleeper;
- deep wakeless sleep;
- fell into a profound sleep
Meaning (15):
- large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
- large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
Example in sentence:
- a heavy truck;
- heavy machinery
Meaning (16):
- prodigious
- prodigious
Example in sentence:
- big eater;
- big spender;
- heavy investor
Meaning (17):
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
Example in sentence:
- dense smoke;
- heavy fog;
- impenetrable gloom
Meaning (18):
- of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
- of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
Example in sentence:
- a grievous fault;
- faced a grave decision in a time of crisis;
- grave responsibilities;
- heavy matters of state;
- the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference
Meaning (19):
- requiring or showing effort
- requiring or showing effort
Example in sentence:
- heavy breathing;
- the subject made for labored reading
Meaning (20):
- lacking lightness or liveliness
- lacking lightness or liveliness
Example in sentence:
- a leaden conversation;
- heavy humor
Meaning (21):
- full and loud and deep
- full and loud and deep
Example in sentence:
- a herald chosen for his sonorous voice;
- heavy sounds
Meaning (22):
- (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
- (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
Example in sentence:
- Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'
Meaning (23):
- (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
- (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
Example in sentence:
- the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated
Meaning (24):
- slow and laborious because of weight
- slow and laborious because of weight
Example in sentence:
- a ponderous yawn;
- moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot;
- ponderous prehistoric beasts;
- the heavy tread of tired troops
Meaning (25):
- full of; bearing great weight
- full of; bearing great weight
Example in sentence:
- trees heavy with fruit;
- vines weighed down with grapes
Meaning (26):
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
Example in sentence:
- was big with child;
- was great with child
Meaning (27):
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
Example in sentence:
- a grueling campaign;
- hard labor;
- heavy going;
- heavy work;
- set a punishing pace;
- spent many laborious hours on the project;
- worked their arduous way up the mining valley
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