HEAVY
\hˈɛvi], \hˈɛvi], \h_ˈɛ_v_i]\
Definitions of HEAVY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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used of syllables or musical beats
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in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"
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(used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"
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permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"
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usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
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of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker"
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slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on their hands"
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wide from side to side; "a heavy black mark"
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a serious (or tragic) role in a play
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an actor who plays villainous roles
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(of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
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requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading"
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full of; bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes"
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dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; "a heavy pudding"
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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"
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sharply inclined; "a heavy grade"
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of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogony furniture"
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large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work; "a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery"
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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"
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unusually great in degree or quantity or number; "heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic"
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(physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight; "heavy hydrogen"; "heavy water"
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of great intensity or power or force; "a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas"
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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".
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made of fabric having considerable thickness; "a heavy coat"
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(of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'"
By Princeton University
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used of syllables or musical beats
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in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"
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(used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"
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permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"
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usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
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of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker"
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slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on their hands"
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wide from side to side; "a heavy black mark"
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a serious (or tragic) role in a play
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an actor who plays villainous roles
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(of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
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requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading"
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full of; bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes"
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dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; "a heavy pudding"
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Having the heaves.
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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.
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Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.
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Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment.
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Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book.
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Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like.
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Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.
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To make heavy.
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Loud; deep; - said of sound; as, heavy thunder.
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Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; - said of the sky.
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Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; - said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like.
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Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; - said of food.
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Having much body or strength; - said of wines, or other liquors.
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Heavily; - sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden.
By Oddity Software
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Having the heaves.
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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.
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Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.
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Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment.
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Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book.
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Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like.
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Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.
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To make heavy.
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Loud; deep; - said of sound; as, heavy thunder.
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Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; - said of the sky.
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Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; - said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like.
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Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; - said of food.
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Having much body or strength; - said of wines, or other liquors.
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Heavily; - sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden.
By Noah Webster.
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Large in extent, quality, or effects; weighty; oppressive; grievous; laborious; obstructive; depressed; dull; dense; powerful; loud.
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Heavier.
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Heaviest.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Weighty: not easy to bear: oppressive: afflicted: inactive: inclined to slumber: violent: loud: not easily digested, as food: miry, as soil: having strength, as liquor: dark with clouds: gloomy: expensive: (B.) sad.
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Also HEAVILY.
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HEAVINESS.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Heavyness.
By James Champlin Fernald
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An epithet given to any pain which consists in a sensation of weight or heaviness, or is accompanied by such sensation.
By Robley Dunglison
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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Weighty, tending strongly to the centre; sorrowful, dejected, depressed; grievous, oppressive, afflictive; wanting spirit or rapidity of sentiment, unanimated; wanting activity, indolent, lazy; drousy, dull, torpid; slow, sluggish; stupid, foolish; burden some, troublesome, tedious; loaded, incumbered, burthened; not easily digested; rich in foil, fertile, as heavy lands; deep, cumbersome, as heavy roads.
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As an adverb it is only used in composition, heavily.
By Thomas Sheridan
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