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heavy

/ˈhe.vi/

Phonetics

/ˈhe.vi/

/ˈhe.vi/

/ˈhɛ.vi/

/ˈhɛ.vi/


noun

  • A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.

    Example: With his wrinkled, uneven face, the actor always seemed to play the heavy in films.
  • A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.

    Example: A fight started outside the bar but the heavies came out and stopped it.
  • A large multi-engined aircraft. (The term heavy normally follows the call-sign when used by air traffic controllers.)


verb

  • (often with "up") To make heavier.

  • To sadden.

  • To use power and/or wealth to exert influence on, e.g., governments or corporations; to pressure.

    Example: The union was well known for the methods it used to heavy many businesses.

adjective

  • (of a physical object) Having great weight.

  • (of a topic) Serious, somber.

  • Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.

    Example: heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.
  • Good.

    Example: This film is heavy.
  • (late 1960s, 1970s) Profound.

    Example: The Moody Blues are, like, heavy.
  • (of a rate of flow) High, great.

  • Armed.

    Example: Come heavy, or not at all.
  • Louder, more distorted.

    Example: Metal is heavier than swing.
  • (of weather) Hot and humid.

  • (of a person) Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.

    Example: He was a heavy sleeper, a heavy eater and a heavy smoker – certainly not an ideal husband.
  • (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.

    Example: Cheese-stuffed sausage is too heavy to eat before exercising.
  • Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.

    Example: it was a heavy storm;  a heavy slumber in bed;  a heavy punch
  • Laden to a great extent.

    Example: his eyes were heavy with sleep;  she was heavy with child
  • Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.

  • Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.

    Example: a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, etc.
  • Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.

    Example: a heavy road; a heavy soil
  • Not raised or leavened.

    Example: heavy bread
  • (of wines or spirits) Having much body or strength.

  • With child; pregnant.

  • Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one

  • (petroleum) with high viscosity


adverb

  • In a heavy manner; weightily; heavily; gravely.

    Example: heavy laden with their sins
  • To a great degree; greatly.

  • Very


heavy

/ˈhiːvi/

Phonetics

/ˈhiːvi/


adjective

  • Having the heaves.

    Example: a heavy horse


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