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heavy
in an advanced stage of pregnancy
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adjective
in an advanced stage of pregnancy
“was big with child”
adjective
darkened by clouds
“a heavy sky”
adjective
(used of soil) compact and fine-grained
“the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated”
adjective
(of sleep) deep and complete
“a heavy sleep”
adjective
lacking lightness or liveliness
“heavy humor”
adjective
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
“worked their arduous way up the mining valley”
adjective
requiring or showing effort
“heavy breathing”
adjective
usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
adjective
full of; bearing great weight
“trees heavy with fruit”
adjective
sharply inclined
“a heavy grade”
adjective
dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
“a heavy pudding”
adjective
of comparatively great physical weight or density
“a heavy load”
adjective
large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
“a heavy truck”
adjective
marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
“a heavy heart”
adjective
unusually great in degree or quantity or number
“heavy taxes”
adjective
(physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
“heavy hydrogen”
adjective
of great intensity or power or force
“a heavy blow”
adjective
slow and laborious because of weight
“the heavy tread of tired troops”
adjective
of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
“heavy artillery”
adjective
of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
“grave responsibilities”
adjective
given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
“a hard drinker”
adjective
full and loud and deep
“heavy sounds”
adjective
prodigious
“big spender”
adjective
made of fabric having considerable thickness
“a heavy coat”
adjective
of relatively large extent and density
“a heavy line”
adjective
permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
“dense smoke”
adjective
(of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
“Iago is the heavy role in ‘Othello’”
adverb
slowly as if burdened by much weight
“time hung heavy on their hands”
noun
a serious (or tragic) role in a play
noun
an actor who plays villainous roles
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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
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