25,000 people die every day due to starvation.
2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Heaviness \Heav"i*ness\, noun The state or quality of being heavy in its various senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

heaviness

noun

1: the property of being comparatively great in weight; "the heaviness of lead" [syn: {weightiness}] [ant: {lightness}]

2: used of a line or mark [syn: {thickness}]
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