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