English dictionary
heavy
adjectivePronunciation
ˈhɛ.vi
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
adjective
- darkened by clouds
adjective
- (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
adjective
- (of sleep) deep and complete
adjective
- lacking lightness or liveliness
adjective
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
adjective
- requiring or showing effort
adjective
- usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
adjective
- full of; bearing great weight
adjective
- sharply inclined
adjective
- dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
adjective
- of comparatively great physical weight or density
adjective
- large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
adjective
- marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
adjective
- unusually great in degree or quantity or number
adjective
- (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
adjective
- of great intensity or power or force
adjective
- slow and laborious because of weight
adjective
- of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
adjective
- of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
adjective
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
adjective
- full and loud and deep
adjective
- prodigious
adjective
- made of fabric having considerable thickness
adjective
- of relatively large extent and density
adjective
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
adjective
- (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
adverb
- slowly as if burdened by much weight
noun
- a serious (or tragic) role in a play
noun
- an actor who plays villainous roles
Example sentences
was big with child
was great with child
a heavy sky
the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated
a heavy sleep
fell into a profound sleep
a sound sleeper
deep wakeless sleep
heavy humor
a leaden conversation
worked their arduous way up the mining valley
a grueling campaign
hard labor
heavy work
heavy going
heavy breathing
the subject made for labored reading
trees heavy with fruit
vines weighed down with grapes
a heavy grade
a heavy pudding
a heavy load
lead is a heavy metal
heavy mahogany furniture
a heavy truck
heavy machinery
a heavy heart
a heavy schedule
heavy news
a heavy silence
heavy eyelids
heavy taxes
a heavy fine
heavy casualties
heavy losses
heavy rain
heavy hydrogen
heavy water
a heavy blow
the fighting was heavy
heavy seas
the heavy tread of tired troops
moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot
ponderous prehistoric beasts
a ponderous yawn
heavy artillery
heavy infantry
a heavy cruiser
heavy guns
heavy industry involves large-scale production of basic products (such as steel) used by other industries