'Heavy' definitions:

Definition of 'heavy'

(from WordNet)
adverb
Slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on their hands" [syn: heavy, heavily]
adjective
Of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogany furniture" [ant: light]
adjective
Unusually great in degree or quantity or number; "heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic" [ant: light]
adjective
Of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment; "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" [ant: light]
adjective
Marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness; "a heavy heart"; "a heavy schedule"; "heavy news"; "a heavy silence"; "heavy eyelids" [ant: light]
adjective
Usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it [syn: fleshy, heavy, overweight]
adjective
(used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated" [syn: clayey, cloggy, heavy]
adjective
Darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky" [syn: heavy, lowering, sullen, threatening]
adjective
Of great intensity or power or force; "a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas" [ant: light]
adjective
(physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight; "heavy hydrogen"; "heavy water" [ant: light]
adjective
(of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'"
adjective
Permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom" [syn: dense, heavy, impenetrable]
adjective
Of relatively large extent and density; "a heavy line"
adjective
Made of fabric having considerable thickness; "a heavy coat"
adjective
Prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor" [syn: big(a), heavy(a)]
adjective
Full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice" [syn: heavy, sonorous]
adjective
Given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors; "a hard drinker" [syn: intemperate, hard, heavy]
adjective
Of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought; "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" [syn: grave, grievous, heavy, weighty]
adjective
Slow and laborious because of weight; "the heavy tread of tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"; "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn" [syn: heavy, lumbering, ponderous]
adjective
Large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work; "a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery"
adjective
Dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; "a heavy pudding"
adjective
Sharply inclined; "a heavy grade"
adjective
Full of; bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes" [syn: heavy, weighed down]
adjective
Requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading" [syn: heavy, labored, laboured]
adjective
Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "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" [syn: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome]
adjective
Lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation" [syn: heavy, leaden]
adjective
(of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep" [syn: heavy, profound, sound, wakeless]
adjective
In an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child" [syn: big(p), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p)]
noun
An actor who plays villainous roles
noun
A serious (or tragic) role in a play

Definition of 'Heavy'

From: GCIDE
  • Heavy \Heav"y\, a. Having the heaves. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Heavy'

From: GCIDE
  • Heavy \Heav"y\, a. [Compar. Heavier; superl. Heaviest.] [OE. hevi, AS. hefig, fr. hebban to lift, heave; akin to OHG. hebig, hevig, Icel. h["o]figr, h["o]fugr. See Heave.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • The hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod. --1 Sam. v. 6. [1913 Webster]
  • The king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Sent hither to impart the heavy news. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
  • Trust him not in matter of heavy consequence. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment. [1913 Webster]
  • The heavy [sorrowing] nobles all in council were. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
  • A light wife doth make a heavy husband. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book. [1913 Webster]
  • Whilst the heavy plowman snores. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Of a heavy, dull, degenerate mind. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Neither [is] his ear heavy, that it can not hear. --Is. lix. 1. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder. [1913 Webster]
  • But, hark! that heavy sound breaks in once more. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the sky. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread. [1913 Webster]
  • 10. Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; -- said of food. [1913 Webster]
  • 11. Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other liquors. [1913 Webster]
  • 12. With child; pregnant. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • Heavy artillery. (Mil.) (a) Guns of great weight or large caliber, esp. siege, garrison, and seacoast guns. (b) Troops which serve heavy guns.
  • Heavy cavalry. See under Cavalry.
  • Heavy fire (Mil.), a continuous or destructive cannonading, or discharge of small arms.
  • Heavy metal (Mil.), large guns carrying balls of a large size; also, large balls for such guns.
  • Heavy metals. (Chem.) See under Metal.
  • Heavy weight, in wrestling, boxing, etc., a term applied to the heaviest of the classes into which contestants are divided. Cf. Feather weight (c), under Feather. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Heavy is used in composition to form many words which need no special explanation; as, heavy-built, heavy-browed, heavy-gaited, etc. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Heavy'

From: GCIDE
  • Heavy \Heav"y\, adv. Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Heavy'

From: GCIDE
  • Heavy \Heav"y\, v. t. To make heavy. [Obs.] --Wyclif. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'heavy'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Heavy'