heavy

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/ˈhɛv.i/

adj 6noun 5adv 3verb 3

Collocations

(adj.) weighing a lot

VERBS

be, feel, look, seem

The box of books seemed heavy when I tried to lift it off the shelf.

become, get

As I gained weight over the years, I became too heavy to run long distances.

make sth

Adding extra blankets to the suitcase made it too heavy to lift.

find sth

She finds the suitcase heavy when she lifts it at the airport.

ADV

extremely, really, very

fairly, pretty, quite, rather

The rain this morning was quite heavy, so we decided to stay indoors.

(adj.) worse than usual

VERBS

become, get

The atmosphere in the room became heavy after we heard the bad news.

ADV

extremely, really, very

The rain was extremely heavy this morning, so the soccer game got cancelled.

fairly, pretty, quite

Definitions

adj

Having great weight.

Can you help me carry this? It's really heavy.

Use the scales to measure how heavy it is.

Having great weight.

When he was a child he was rather heavy, but today he is impressively fit.

Serious, somber.

"We're still in an existential-stakes war with the Pa'anuri, and possibly with our own destructive tendencies." ' "Sorry. That was pretty heavy for someone who just woke up." "Oh, I'm fine. Waking up alive has ALWAYS meant spending the day trying not to be dead."

Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.

heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.

The hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod.

Good.

This film is heavy.

adv

In a heavy manner; weightily; heavily; gravely.

Heavy-laden with their sins, time hung heavy

To a great degree; greatly.

Olive: What was it - booze? Barney: Yeh. Been hitting it pretty heavy.

very

noun

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

With his wrinkled, uneven face, the actor always seemed to play the heavy in films.

A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.

A fight started outside the bar but the heavies came out and stopped it.

A prominent figure; a "major player".

A collection of topical themes and love songs, featuring session work by women's music "heavies" Holly Near, Mary Watkins, Linda Tillery, Robin Flower, and others.

A newspaper of the quality press.

The comment may be offered here that the 'heavies' have been the Design Award's principal scorers, both in the overall bronze plaque days and, since, in the Daily/Sunday Class 1.

Reviewers in the heavies aim to impress with the depth of their knowledge and appreciation.

A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.

I read five heavies, maybe transports or tankers...could be bombers.

A 76 Squadron pilot who later completed a second tour on Mosquitoes said that his colleagues on the light bombers “simply could never understand how awful being on heavies was.”

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — darkened by clouds

adjective — (used of soil) compact and fine-grained

adjective — (of sleep) deep and complete

profound
sound
wakeless

adjective — lacking lightness or liveliness

leaden

adjective — characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion

adjective — requiring or showing effort

labored
laboured

adjective — usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large

adjective — slow and laborious because of weight

adjective — of great gravity or crucial import

adjective — given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially

adjective — full and loud and deep

sonorous

adjective — permitting little if any light to pass through because of de

adverb — slowly as if burdened by much weight

heavily

Antonyms

light

Idioms & Phrases

hot and heavy

Passionate.

They had a hot and heavy love affair during the summer.

heavy lifting

The most demanding part of an endeavour; work requiring the most effort, resources, or consideration.

That's what I call the heavy-lifting part of the problem, and that's really where the term genetic caching comes into play.

make heavy going of

to make heavy weather of

England have made heavy going of Group H but they have handled the pressures of their last two games admirably and playing at their own stadium no longer appears to fill with them

heavy going

Going (i.e. conditions) that are wet and muddy (difficult to gallop on)

heavy hitter

A player with a favorable batting average who is especially good at hitting the ball deep into the outfield or farther.

This year's heavy hitter is Bobby Bonilla, the Pirates' slugger who's seeking to hit the biggest home run of his life.

Example Bank

Can you help me carry this? It's really heavy.

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Use the scales to measure how heavy it is.

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Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, togeth

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Heavy-laden with their sins, time hung heavy

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Olive: What was it - booze? Barney: Yeh. Been hitting it pretty heavy.

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With his wrinkled, uneven face, the actor always seemed to play the heavy in films.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, heavy is marked as dated, slang, informal, British, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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