heavy

heav•y

[[t]ˈhɛv i[/t]] adj. heav•i•er, heav•i•est,

1) of great weight:

a heavy load[/ex]

2) of great amount, quantity, or size:

a heavy vote[/ex]

3) of great force, intensity, or turbulence:

heavy seas[/ex]

4) of more than the usual or average weight:

a heavy person[/ex]

5) phs of high specific gravity:

a heavy metal[/ex]

6) grave; serious:

a heavy offense[/ex]

7) profound:

a heavy slumber[/ex]

8) mil

a) equipped with weapons of large size

b) (of guns) of the more powerful sizes:

heavy artillery[/ex]

9) hard to bear; burdensome; oppressive:

heavy taxes[/ex]

10) hard to cope with; trying; difficult:

a heavy schedule[/ex]

11) being as indicated to an unusual degree:

a heavy drinker[/ex]

12) broad, thick, or coarse:

heavy lines; heavy features[/ex]

13) weighted or laden:

air heavy with moisture[/ex]

14) fraught; loaded; charged:

words heavy with meaning[/ex]

15) depressed with trouble or sorrow; sad:

a heavy heart[/ex]

16) without vivacity or interest; ponderous; dull:

a heavy style[/ex]

17) slow or labored in movement or action; clumsy; lumbering:

a heavy walk[/ex]

18) loud and deep; sonorous:

heavy breathing[/ex]

19) overcast or cloudy; threatening rain

20) thick or dense:

heavy fog[/ex]

21) (of food) not easily digested

22) capable of doing rough work:

a heavy truck[/ex]

23) producing or refining basic materials, as steel or coal, used in manufacturing:

heavy industry[/ex]

24) Informal. possessing or using in large quantities:

heavy on the mascara[/ex]

25) serious:

a heavy role[/ex]

26) chem. phs

a) of or pertaining to an isotope of greater atomic weight than the common isotope

b) of or pertaining to a compound containing such an element

27) pro (of a syllable in verse)

a) stressed

b) long

28) cvb sts Slang.

a) excellent; remarkable

b) very serious or important

c) distressing or threatening

29) sbz

a) a theatrical character or role that is tragic, unsympathetic, or villainous

b) an actor who plays this type of role

30) mil a gun of great weight or large caliber

31) cvb sts Slang.

a) a very important or influential person

b) a person employed to use violence or coercion

32) in a heavy manner; heavily

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- heavy with child

Etymology: bef. 900; ME hevi, OE hefig=hef(e) weight (akin to heave) +-ig -y I heav′i•ness, n.