Heavy

a.	1.	Having the heaves.
	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. Heavy artillery a - (Mil.) 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 c - in wrestling, boxing, etc., a term applied to the heaviest of the classes into which contestants are divided. Cf. Feather weight (c), under Feather.
adv.	1.	Heavily; - sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden.
v. t.	1.	To make heavy.

Noun	1.	heavy - an actor who plays villainous roles
	2.	heavy - a serious (or tragic) role in a play
Adj.	1.	heavy - of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogony furniture" Antonyms: light - of comparatively little physical weight or density; "a light load"; "magnesium is a light metal--having a specific gravity of 1.74 at 20 degrees C"
	2.	heavy - unusually great in degree or quantity or number; "heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic" Antonyms: light - not great in degree or quantity or number; "a light sentence"; "a light accent"; "casualties were light"; "light snow was falling"; "light misty rain"; "light smoke from the chimney"
	3.	heavy - 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" Antonyms: light - of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment; "light infantry"; "light cavalry"; "light industry"; "light weapons"
	4.	heavy - having or suggesting a viscous consistency; "heavy cream"
	5.	heavy - wide from side to side; "a heavy black mark" Synonyms: thick
	6.	heavy - 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" Antonyms: light - psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles; "a light heart"
	7.	heavy - usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it Synonyms: fleshy, overweight
	8.	heavy - (used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated" Synonyms: cloggy, clayey
	9.	heavy - darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky" Synonyms: lowering, sullen, threatening
	10.	heavy - of great intensity or power or force; "a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas" Antonyms: light - of little intensity or power or force; "the light touch of her fingers"; "a light breeze"
	11.	heavy - (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight; "heavy hydrogen"; "heavy water" Antonyms: light - (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average; "light water is ordinary water"
	12.	heavy - (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'"
	13.	heavy - permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom" Synonyms: dense, impenetrable
	14.	heavy - made of fabric having considerable thickness; "a heavy coat"
	15.	heavy - of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker" Synonyms: hard
	16.	heavy - prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor" Synonyms: big
	17.	heavy - used of syllables or musical beats Synonyms: accented, strong
	18.	heavy - full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice" Synonyms: sonorous
	19.	heavy - 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" Synonyms: weighty, grave, grievous
	20.	heavy - 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" Synonyms: lumbering, ponderous
	21.	heavy - large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work; "a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery"
	22.	heavy - dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; "a heavy pudding"
	23.	heavy - sharply inclined; "a heavy grade"
	24.	heavy - full of; bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes" Synonyms: weighed down
	25.	heavy - requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading" Synonyms: labored, laboured
	26.	heavy - 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" Synonyms: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, laborious, toilsome, punishing, hard
	27.	heavy - lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation" Synonyms: leaden
	28.	heavy - (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep" Synonyms: wakeless, profound, sound
	29.	heavy - in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child" Synonyms: enceinte, gravid, with child, expectant, large, great, big
Adv.	1.	heavy - slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on their hands" Synonyms: heavily

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