Adjective
1. of comparatively great physical weight or density;
"a heavy load""lead is a heavy metal""heavy mahogony furniture"2. unusually great in degree or quantity or number;
"heavy taxes""a heavy fine""heavy casualties""heavy losses""heavy rain""heavy traffic"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"4. having or suggesting a viscous consistency;
"heavy cream"5. wide from side to side;
"a heavy black mark"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"7. usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
8. (used of soil) compact and fine-grained;
"the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"9. darkened by clouds;
"a heavy sky"10. of great intensity or power or force;
"a heavy blow""the fighting was heavy""heavy seas"11. (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight;
"heavy hydrogen""heavy water"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"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"16. prodigious;
"big spender""big eater""heavy investor"17. used of syllables or musical beats
18. full and loud and deep;
"heavy sounds""a herald chosen for his sonorous voice"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"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"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"25. requiring or showing effort;
"heavy breathing""the subject made for labored reading"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"27. lacking lightness or liveliness;
"heavy humor""a leaden conversation"28. (of sleep) deep and complete;
"a heavy sleep""fell into a profound sleep""a sound sleeper""deep wakeless sleep"29. in an advanced stage of pregnancy;
"was big with child""was great with child"