meaning of heavy
1. Having the heaves.
2. 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.
3. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.
4. Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment.
5. Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book.
6. Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like.
7. Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder.
8. Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the sky.
9. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like.
10. Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.
11. Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; -- said of food.
12. Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other liquors.
13. With child; pregnant.
14. Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden.
15. To make heavy.
16. Native barium sulphate or barite, -- so called because of its high specific gravity as compared with other non-metallic minerals.
17. a serious or tragic role in a play
Related Words
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