 |
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Heavy \Heav"y\, adjective [Compar. {Heavier}; superl. {Heaviest}.] [OE. hevi, AS. hefig, fr. hebban to lift, heave; akin to OHG. hebig, hevig, Icel. h["o]figr, h["o]fugr. See {Heave}.]
1. 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.
2. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.
The hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod. --1 Sam. v. 6.
The king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make. --Shak.
Sent hither to impart the heavy news. --Wordsworth.
Trust him not in matter of heavy consequence. --Shak.
3. Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment.
The heavy [sorrowing] nobles all in council were. --Chapman.
A light wife doth make a heavy husband. --Shak.
4. Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book.
Whilst the heavy plowman snores. --Shak.
Of a heavy, dull, degenerate mind. --Dryden.
Neither [is] his ear heavy, that it can not hear. --Is. lix. 1.
5. Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like.
6. Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder.
But, hark! that heavy sound breaks in once more. --Byron.
7. Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the sky.
8. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like.
9. Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.
10. Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; -- said of food.
11. Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other liquors.
12. With child; pregnant. [R.]
{Heavy artillery}. (Mil.) (a) Guns of great weight or large caliber, esp. siege, garrison, and seacoast guns. (b) Troops which serve heavy guns.
{Heavy cavalry}. See under {Cavalry}.
{Heavy fire} (Mil.), a continuous or destructive cannonading, or discharge of small arms.
{Heavy metal} (Mil.), large guns carrying balls of a large size; also, large balls for such guns.
{Heavy metals}. (Chem.) See under {Metal}.
{Heavy weight}, in wrestling, boxing, etc., a term applied to the heaviest of the classes into which contestants are divided. Cf. {Feather weight} (c), under {Feather}.
Note: Heavy is used in composition to form many words which need no special explanation; as, heavy-built, heavy-browed, heavy-gaited, etc.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
heaviest See {heavy}
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
heavy
adjective
1: of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogony furniture" [ant: {light}]
2: unusually great in degree or quantity or number; "heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic" [ant: {light}]
3: of the military or industry; using (or being) 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 (such as steel) used by other industries" [ant: {light}]
4: having or suggesting a viscous consistency; "heavy cream"
5: wide from side to side; "a heavy black mark" [syn: {thick}]
6: 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" [ant: {light}]
7: usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it [syn: {fleshy}, {overweight}]
8: (used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated" [syn: {clayey}, {cloggy}]
9: darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky" [syn: {lowering}, {sullen}, {threatening}]
10: of great intensity or power or force; "a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas" [ant: {light}]
11: (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight; "heavy hydrogen"; "heavy water" [ant: {light}]
12: (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; "Iago is the heavy role in 'Othello'"
13: permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom" [syn: {dense}, {impenetrable}]
14: made of fabric having considerable thickness; "a heavy coat"
15: of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker" [syn: {hard(a)}]
16: prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor" [syn: {big(a)}, {heavy(a)}]
17: used of syllables or musical beats [syn: {accented}, {strong}]
18: full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice" [syn: {sonorous}]
19: of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference" [syn: {grave}, {grievous}, {weighty}]
20: 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" [syn: {lumbering}, {ponderous}]
21: large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work; "a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery"
22: dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; "a heavy pudding"
23: sharply inclined; "a heavy grade"
24: full of; bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes" [syn: {weighed down}]
25: requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading" [syn: {labored}, {laboured}]
26: characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace" [syn: {arduous}, {backbreaking}, {grueling}, {gruelling}, {hard}, {laborious}, {punishing}, {toilsome}]
27: lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation" [syn: {leaden}]
28: (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep" [syn: {profound}, {sound}, {wakeless}]
29: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child" [syn: {big(p)}, {enceinte}, {expectant}, {gravid}, {great(p)}, {large(p)}, {heavy(p)}, {with child(p)}]
noun
1: an actor who plays villainous roles
2: a serious (or tragic) role in a play
adverb: slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on their hands" [syn: {heavily}] [also: {heaviest}, {heavier}]
 |
Definitions retrieved from local copies of the freely distributed DICT client/server software and databases. Click here for database copyright information. - KM |