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used of syllables or musical beats

in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"

(used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"

permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"

usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker"

slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on their hands"

wide from side to side; "a heavy black mark"

a serious (or tragic) role in a play

an actor who plays villainous roles

(of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"

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"

dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; "a heavy pudding"

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"

sharply inclined; "a heavy grade"

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"

(physics, chemistry) 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"

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".

made of fabric having considerable thickness; "a heavy coat"

(of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'"

used of syllables or musical beats

in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"

(used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"

permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"

usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker"

slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on their hands"

wide from side to side; "a heavy black mark"

a serious (or tragic) role in a play

an actor who plays villainous roles

(of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"

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"

dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; "a heavy pudding"

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"

Having the heaves.

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.

Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.

Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment.

Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book.

Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like.

Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.

To make heavy.

Loud; deep; - said of sound; as, heavy thunder.

Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; - said of the sky.

Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; - said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like.

Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; - said of food.

Having much body or strength; - said of wines, or other liquors.

Heavily; - sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden.

Having the heaves.

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.

Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.

Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment.

Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book.

Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like.

Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.

To make heavy.

Loud; deep; - said of sound; as, heavy thunder.

Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; - said of the sky.

Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; - said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like.

Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; - said of food.

Having much body or strength; - said of wines, or other liquors.

Heavily; - sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden.

Large in extent, quality, or effects; weighty; oppressive; grievous; laborious; obstructive; depressed; dull; dense; powerful; loud.

Heavier.

Heaviest.

Weighty: not easy to bear: oppressive: afflicted: inactive: inclined to slumber: violent: loud: not easily digested, as food: miry, as soil: having strength, as liquor: dark with clouds: gloomy: expensive: (B.) sad.

Also HEAVILY.

HEAVINESS.

Having weight; oppressive; dull; sad; gloomy.

Heavyness.

An epithet given to any pain which consists in a sensation of weight or heaviness, or is accompanied by such sensation.

Possessed of notable weight as compared with other bodies. [Ang.-Sax.]

Weighty, tending strongly to the centre; sorrowful, dejected, depressed; grievous, oppressive, afflictive; wanting spirit or rapidity of sentiment, unanimated; wanting activity, indolent, lazy; drousy, dull, torpid; slow, sluggish; stupid, foolish; burden some, troublesome, tedious; loaded, incumbered, burthened; not easily digested; rich in foil, fertile, as heavy lands; deep, cumbersome, as heavy roads.

As an adverb it is only used in composition, heavily.