Etymology : Middle English hevy, from Old English hefig; akin to Old High German hebIc heavy, Old English hebban to lift; more at HEAVE
Pronunciation : he-vE
Function : adjective
Date : before 12th century
1. difficult to lift; having a great weight; very large, massive; grave, serious; deep, profound. adheavily; with weight; oppressively; slowly, ponderously. villainous character, antagonist (Theater); influential person (Slang). very serious, not fun War is a heavy topic because it involves death and destruction. see:
off the heavy. heavy weight.
2. Having the heaves.
3. 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.
4. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.
5. Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment.
6. Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book.
7. Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like.
8. Loud; deep; said of sound; as, heavy thunder.
9. Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; said of the sky.
10. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like.
11. Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.
12. Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; said of food.
13. Having much body or strength; said of wines, or other liquors.
14. With child; pregnant.
15. Heavily; sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden.
16. To make heavy. a serious role in a play an actor who plays villainous roles darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky" deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep" lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation" requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading" full of; bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes" sharply inclined; "a heavy grade" dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; "a heavy pudding" of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogony furniture" large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work; "a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery" marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness; "a heavy heart"; "a heavy schedule"; "heavy news"; "a heavy silence"; "heavy eyelids" unusually great in degree or quantity or number; "heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic" being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight; "heavy hydrogen"; "heavy water" of great intensity or power or force; "a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas" slow and laborious because of weight; "the heavy tread of tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"; "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn" of the military or industry; using the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment; "heavy artillery"; "heavy infantry"; "a heavy cruiser"; "heavy guns"; "heavy industry involves large-scale production of basic products used by other industries" full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice" made of fabric having considerable thickness; "a heavy coat" having or suggesting a viscous consistency; "heavy cream" being or playing the villain; "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'" wide from side to side; "a heavy black mark" slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on their hands".
17. 1. Something that is heavy weighs a lot. These scissors are awfully heavy The mud stuck to her boots, making her feet heavy and her legs tired. ¡Ù light + heaviness heavi·ness a sensation of warmth and heaviness in the muscles.
18. You use heavy to ask or talk about how much someone or something weighs. How heavy are you? Protons are nearly 2000 times as heavy as electrons.
19. Heavy means great in amount, degree, or intensity. Heavy fighting has been going on He worried about her heavy drinking The traffic along Fitzjohn's Avenue was heavy. + heavily heavi·ly It has been raining heavily all day. + heaviness heavi·ness the heaviness of the blood loss.
20. Someone or something that is heavy is solid in appearance or structure, or is made of a thick material. He was short and heavy ¡Ù light + heavily heavi·ly He was a big man of about forty, wide-shouldered and heavily built.
21. A heavy meal is large in amount and often difficult to digest. He had been feeling drowsy, the effect of an unusually heavy meal. = filling ¡Ù light.
22. Something that is heavy with things is full of them or loaded with them. The air is heavy with moisture = laden.
23. If a person's breathing is heavy, it is very loud and deep. Her breathing became slow and heavy. ¡Ù light, shallow + heavily heavi·ly She sank back on the pillow and closed her eyes, breathing heavily as if asleep.
24. A heavy movement or action is done with a lot of force or pressure. a heavy blow on the back of the skull ¡Ù gentle + heavily heavi·ly I sat down heavily on the ground beside the road ¡Ù gently.
25. A heavy machine or piece of military equipment is very large and very powerful. government militia backed by tanks and heavy artillery.
26. If you describe a period of time or a schedule as heavy, you mean it involves a lot of work. It's been a heavy day and I'm tired = busy.
27. Heavy work requires a lot of strength or energy. The business is thriving and Philippa employs two full-timers for the heavy work.
28. If you say that something is heavy on another thing, you mean that it uses a lot of that thing or too much of that thing. Tanks are heavy on fuel and destructive to roads.
29. Air or weather that is heavy is unpleasantly still, hot, and damp. The outside air was heavy and moist and sultry. = oppressive.
30. If your heart is heavy, you are sad about something. Mr Maddison handed over his resignation letter with a heavy heart. ¡Ù light.
31. A situation that is heavy is serious and difficult to cope with. I don't want any more of that heavy stuff. = serious.
32. A heavy is a large strong man who is employed to protect a person or place, often by using violence. They had employed heavies to evict shop squatters from neighbouring sites.
33. to make heavy weather of something: see:
weather a heavy hand: see hand. heavy spar heavy hydrogen heavy metal heavy water.
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