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Heavy

adjective

Of comparatively great physical weight or density. "Lead is a heavy metal" , "Heavy mahogany furniture"

Unusually great in degree or quantity or number. "A heavy fine" , "Heavy casualties" , "Heavy losses" , "Heavy rain" , "Heavy traffic"

Of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment. "Heavy infantry" , "A heavy cruiser" , "Heavy guns" , "Heavy industry involves large-scale production of basic products (such as steel) used by other industries"

Marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness. "A heavy schedule" , "Heavy news" , "A heavy silence" , "Heavy eyelids"

Usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it. Synonyms: fleshy, overweight.

(used of soil) compact and fine-grained. Synonyms: clayey, cloggy.

Darkened by clouds. Synonyms: lowering, sullen, threatening.

Of great intensity or power or force. "The fighting was heavy" , "Heavy seas"

(physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight. "Heavy water"

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(of an actor or role) being or playing the villain.

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Permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter. Synonyms: dense, impenetrable. "Heavy fog" , "Impenetrable gloom"

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Of relatively large extent and density.

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Made of fabric having considerable thickness.

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Prodigious. Synonym: big. "Big eater" , "Heavy investor"

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Full and loud and deep. Synonym: sonorous. "A herald chosen for his sonorous voice"

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Given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors. Synonyms: hard, intemperate.

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Of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought. Synonyms: grave, grievous, weighty. "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"

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Slow and laborious because of weight. Synonyms: lumbering, ponderous. "Moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot" , "Ponderous prehistoric beasts" , "A ponderous yawn"

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Large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work. "Heavy machinery"

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Dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal.

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Sharply inclined.

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Full of; bearing great weight. Synonym: weighed down. "Vines weighed down with grapes"

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Requiring or showing effort. Synonyms: labored, laboured. "The subject made for labored reading"

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Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort. Synonyms: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome. "A grueling campaign" , "Hard labor" , "Heavy work" , "Heavy going" , "Spent many laborious hours on the project" , "Set a punishing pace"

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Lacking lightness or liveliness. Synonym: leaden. "A leaden conversation"

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(of sleep) deep and complete. Synonyms: profound, sound, wakeless. "Fell into a profound sleep" , "A sound sleeper" , "Deep wakeless sleep"

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In an advanced stage of pregnancy. Synonyms: big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, large, with child. "Was great with child"

noun

An actor who plays villainous roles.

A serious (or tragic) role in a play.

adverb

Slowly as if burdened by much weight. Synonym: heavily.

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