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heavy - Dictionary definition and meaning for word heavy
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(noun) an actor who plays villainous roles
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(noun) a serious (or tragic) role in a play
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(adj) of comparatively great physical weight or density
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(adj) unusually great in degree or quantity or number
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(adj) of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
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(adj) marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
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(adj) usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
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(adj) (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
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(adj) darkened by clouds
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(adj) of great intensity or power or force
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(adj) (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
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(adj) (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
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(adj) permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
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(adj) of relatively large extent and density
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(adj) made of fabric having considerable thickness
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(adj) prodigious
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(adj) full and loud and deep
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(adj) given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
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(adj) of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
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(adj) slow and laborious because of weight
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(adj) large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
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(adj) dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
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(adj) sharply inclined
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(adj) full of; bearing great weight
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(adj) requiring or showing effort
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(adj) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
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(adj) lacking lightness or liveliness
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(adj) (of sleep) deep and complete
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(adj) in an advanced stage of pregnancy
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(adv) slowly as if burdened by much weight
(noun) an actor who plays villainous roles
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(noun) a serious (or tragic) role in a play
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(adj) of comparatively great physical weight or density
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- a heavy load
- lead is a heavy metal
- heavy mahogany furniture
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(adj) unusually great in degree or quantity or number
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- heavy taxes
- a heavy fine
- heavy casualties
- heavy losses
- heavy rain
- heavy traffic
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(adj) of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
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- 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
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(adj) marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
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- a heavy heart
- a heavy schedule
- heavy news
- a heavy silence
- heavy eyelids
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(adj) usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
Synonyms :
fleshy
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overweight
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(adj) (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
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- the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated
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(adj) darkened by clouds
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- a heavy sky
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(adj) of great intensity or power or force
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- a heavy blow
- the fighting was heavy
- heavy seas
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(adj) (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
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- heavy hydrogen
- heavy water
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(adj) (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
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- Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'
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(adj) permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
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dense
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impenetrable
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- dense smoke
- heavy fog
- impenetrable gloom
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(adj) of relatively large extent and density
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- a heavy line
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(adj) made of fabric having considerable thickness
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- a heavy coat
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(adj) prodigious
Synonyms :
big
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- big spender
- big eater
- heavy investor
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(adj) full and loud and deep
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sonorous
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- heavy sounds
- a herald chosen for his sonorous voice
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(adj) given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
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hard
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intemperate
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- a hard drinker
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(adj) of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
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- 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
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(adj) slow and laborious because of weight
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- the heavy tread of tired troops
- moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot
- ponderous prehistoric beasts
- a ponderous yawn
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(adj) large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
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- a heavy truck
- heavy machinery
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(adj) dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
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- a heavy pudding
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(adj) sharply inclined
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- a heavy grade
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(adj) full of; bearing great weight
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weighed down
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- trees heavy with fruit
- vines weighed down with grapes
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(adj) requiring or showing effort
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- heavy breathing
- the subject made for labored reading
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(adj) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
Synonyms :
arduous
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backbreaking
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grueling
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gruelling
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hard
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laborious
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operose
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punishing
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toilsome
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- worked their arduous way up the mining valley
- a grueling campaign
- hard labor
- heavy work
- heavy going
- spent many laborious hours on the project
- set a punishing pace
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(adj) lacking lightness or liveliness
Synonyms :
leaden
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- heavy humor
- a leaden conversation
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(adj) (of sleep) deep and complete
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- a heavy sleep
- fell into a profound sleep
- a sound sleeper
- deep wakeless sleep
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(adj) in an advanced stage of pregnancy
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- was big with child
- was great with child
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(adv) slowly as if burdened by much weight
Synonyms :
heavily
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- time hung heavy on their hands