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Heavy   /hˈɛvi/   Listen
adjective
Heavy  adj.  Having the heaves.


Heavy  adj.  (compar. heavier; superl. heaviest)  
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.
2.
Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, 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." "Sent hither to impart the heavy news." "Trust him not in matter of heavy consequence."
3.
Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment. "The heavy (sorrowing) nobles all in council were." "A light wife doth make a heavy husband."
4.
Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book. "Whilst the heavy plowman snores." "Of a heavy, dull, degenerate mind." "Neither (is) his ear heavy, that it can not hear."
5.
Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like.
6.
Loud; deep; said of sound; as, heavy thunder. "But, hark! that heavy sound breaks in once more."
7.
Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; said of the sky.
8.
Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like.
9.
Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.
10.
Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; said of food.
11.
Having much body or strength; said of wines, or other liquors.
12.
With child; pregnant. (R.)
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. Note: Heavy is used in composition to form many words which need no special explanation; as, heavy-built, heavy-browed, heavy-gaited, etc.


adverb
Heavy  adv.  Heavily; sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden.


verb
Heavy  v. t.  To make heavy. (Obs.)





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"Heavy" Quotes from Famous Books



... at a loss what would be the next move. Nevertheless she was greatly surprised when it came. The atmosphere of the house was heavy that day; they did not see Mr. Carlisle in the evening. The next day, when Eleanor went to her father's room after dinner she found, not Mr. Carlisle, but her mother with him. "Waiting for me"—thought Eleanor. ...
— The Old Helmet, Volume II • Susan Warner
... succession of pretty pictures; now a sunny glimpse of the distant lake, then the church spire peeping above the hill, or a flock of sheep feeding in the meadow, a gay procession of young pilgrims winding up the mountain, or a black cloud heavy with a coming storm, welcome because of the glorious rainbow and its shadow ...
— A Garland for Girls • Louisa May Alcott
... lower offices were open to the second and third classes. The latter classes, however, were partially relieved from taxation; but in war they were required to do duty, the one as cavalry, and the other as heavy-armed infantry. ...
— Mosaics of Grecian History • Marcius Willson and Robert Pierpont Willson
... assured us warmly that he had not felt so young in years. He said we had so stirred him up that he must take a book and read or he wouldn't sleep a wink all night. Joe did not come away with us. As we stood all together at the door, I saw Eleanore glance into Dad's study where his heavy leather chair was waiting, and then into the room across the hall where Sue had drawn up two chairs to the fire. And I thought of the next hour or two. My father already had under his arm a book on American shipping, which ...
— The Harbor • Ernest Poole
... of one of the ranges, of the town of Ocotal, the capital of Segovia, with its white walls and red-tiled roofs. Descending a long rocky slope we forded one of the affluents of the Rio Wanks, and half a mile further on arrived at the town, situated on a dry plain. A heavy thunderstorm broke over us as we entered the town, and the rain came down in torrents whilst we were searching for a house to put up at. In answer to our inquiries we were directed to the best house in the town. It was situated at the corner of the plaza, had lofty ...
— The Naturalist in Nicaragua • Thomas Belt


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