heavy

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Having great weight.

   • Can you help me carry this? It's really heavy.
   • Use the scales to measure how heavy it is.
2. 2

   Serious, somber.

3. 3

   Not easy to bear

   Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.

   • heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.
   • The hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod.
   • The king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make.
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   1. 4

      Good.

      • This film is heavy.
   2. 5

      Profound.

      • The Moody Blues are, like, heavy.
   3. 6

      High, great.

      • 1998, Stanley George Clayton, ""Menstruation" in Encyclopedia Britannica The ovarian response to gonadotropic hormones may be erratic at first, so that irregular or heavy bleeding sometimes occurs
   4. 7

      Armed.

      • Come heavy, or not at all.
   5. 8

      Loud, distorted, or intense.

      • Metal is heavier than rock.
   6. 9

      Hot and humid.

   7. 10

      Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.

      • This car is too heavy on gas.
      • He was a heavy sleeper, a heavy eater and a heavy smoker – certainly not an ideal husband.
   8. 11

      With eyelids difficult to keep open due to tiredness.

      • Watch for the signs of fatigue, including yawning, blinking and heavy eyes.
   9. 12

      High in fat or protein

      High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.

      • Cheese-stuffed sausage is too heavy to eat before exercising.
   10. 13

       Of great force, power, or intensity

       Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.

       • it was a heavy storm; a heavy slumber in bed; a heavy punch
       • The surf was not heavy, and there was no undertow, so we made shore easily, effecting an equally easy landing.
   11. 14

       Laden with that which is weighty

       Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.

       • his eyes were heavy with sleep; she was heavy with child
       • The heavy [sorrowing] nobles all in council were.
       • A light wife doth make a heavy husband.
   12. 15

       Slow

       Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.

       • a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, etc.
       • a heavy writer or book
       • whilst the heavy ploughman snores
   13. 16

       Impeding motion

       Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.

       • The next day we only made some eight miles, as the road was heavy beyond all belief. It lay through a desert region of country which was ancle-deep ^([sic]) in soda and alkali dust.
       • a heavy road; a heavy soil
   14. 17

       Not raised or leavened.

       • heavy bread
   15. 18

       Having much body or strength.

   16. 19

       With child

       With child; pregnant.

   17. 20

       Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one.

   18. 21

       Of petroleum, having high viscosity.

   19. 22

       Of a market

       Of a market: in which the price of shares is declining.

       • The very low prices of brandy, and the continuance of a heavy market for such a length of time, have begun to attract buyers; […]
       • The oil market is heavy, each day bringing along further supplies of shares from people who have not tired of the long-continued decline in the market.
   20. 23

       Heavily-armed.

   21. 24

       Having a relatively high takeoff weight and payload.

   22. 25

       In a heavy manner

       In a heavy manner; weightily; heavily; gravely.

       • Heavy-laden with their sins, time hung heavy
   23. 26

       To a great degree

       To a great degree; greatly.

       • Olive: What was it - booze? Barney: Yeh. Been hitting it pretty heavy.
   24. 27

       very

   25. 28

       A villain or bad guy

       A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.

       • With his wrinkled, uneven face, the actor always seemed to play the heavy in films.
   26. 29

       A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.

       • A fight started outside the bar but the heavies came out and stopped it.
   27. 30

       A prominent figure

       A prominent figure; a "major player".

       • A collection of topical themes and love songs, featuring session work by women's music "heavies" Holly Near, Mary Watkins, Linda Tillery, Robin Flower, and others.
   28. 31

       A newspaper of the quality press.

       • The comment may be offered here that the 'heavies' have been the Design Award's principal scorers, both in the overall bronze plaque days and, since, in the Daily/Sunday Class 1.
       • Reviewers in the heavies aim to impress with the depth of their knowledge and appreciation.
   29. 32

       A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.

       • I read five heavies, maybe transports or tankers...could be bombers.
       • A 76 Squadron pilot who later completed a second tour on Mosquitoes said that his colleagues on the light bombers “simply could never understand how awful being on heavies was.”
   30. 33

       A serious theatrical role.

       • Payton boasted his range included "leading parts or genteel heavies, character old men, dialect parts, old women and, on occasion, soubrettes and leading ladies"; however, he was most at ease in light comedy roles.
   31. 34

       A member of the heavy cavalry.

       • Cavalry […] is divided into mediums, heavies, and light cavalry. The mediums consist of 13 regiments; the heavies of 2 regiments; and the light of 13.
   32. 35

       To make heavier.

       • They piled their goods on the donkey's back, heavying up an already backbreaking load.
   33. 36

       To sadden.

   34. 37

       To use power or wealth to exert influence on, e.g., governments or corporations

       To use power or wealth to exert influence on, e.g., governments or corporations; to pressure.

       • The union was well known for the methods it used to heavy many businesses.
       • […]the Prime Minister sought to evade the simple fact that he heavied Mr Reid to get rid of Dr Armstrong.
       • 2001, Finola Moorhead, Darkness More Visible, Spinifex Press, Australia, page 557, But he is on the wrong horse, heavying me. My phone′s tapped. Well, he won′t find anything.
   35. 38

       Having the heaves.

       • a heavy horse

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