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heavy definition
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Grep of noun heavy heavy heavy cream heavy hitter heavy hydrogen heavy lifting heavy particle heavy spar heavy swell heavy water heavy weapon heavyheartedness heavyweight Overview of noun heavy The noun heavy has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. heavy -- (an actor who plays villainous roles) 2. heavy -- (a serious (or tragic) role in a play) Overview of adj heavy The adj heavy has 29 senses (first 9 from tagged texts) 1. (32) heavy -- (of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogony furniture") 2. (10) heavy -- (unusually great in degree or quantity or number; "heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic") 3. (5) 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") 4. (4) heavy -- (having or suggesting a viscous consistency; "heavy cream") 5. (3) heavy, thick -- (wide from side to side "a heavy black mark") 6. (2) 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") 7. (1) fleshy, heavy, overweight -- (usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it) 8. (1) clayey, cloggy, heavy -- ((used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated") 9. (1) heavy, lowering, sullen, threatening -- (darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky") 10. heavy -- (of great intensity or power or force; "a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas") 11. heavy -- ((physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight; "heavy hydrogen"; "heavy water") 12. heavy -- ((of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'") 13. dense, heavy, impenetrable -- (permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom") 14. heavy -- (made of fabric having considerable thickness; "a heavy coat") 15. hard, heavy -- (of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker") 16. big heavy -- (prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor") 17. accented, heavy, strong -- (used of syllables) 18. heavy, sonorous -- (full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice") 19. grave, grievous, heavy, weighty -- (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. heavy, lumbering, ponderous -- (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. 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, weighed down -- (full of bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes") 25. heavy, labored, laboured -- (requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading") 26. arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, toilsome -- (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. heavy, leaden -- (lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation") 28. heavy, profound, sound, wakeless -- ((of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep") 29. big enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, large heavy, with child -- (in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child") Overview of adv heavy The adv heavy has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. heavy, heavily -- (slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on their hands") Antonyms of adj heavy 29 senses of heavy Sense 1 heavy (vs. light) light (vs. heavy) => airy => bantamweight => buoyant, floaty => chiffon => feathery, featherlike => featherweight => flyweight => lightweight => lightweight => low-density(prenominal) Sense 2 heavy (vs. light) light (vs. heavy) => easy Sense 3 heavy (vs. light) light (vs. heavy) => light-armed, lightly-armed Sense 4 heavy INDIRECT (VIA thick) -> thin Sense 5 heavy, thick INDIRECT (VIA wide) -> narrow Sense 6 heavy (vs. light) light (vs. heavy) => fooling, casual Sense 7 fleshy, heavy, overweight INDIRECT (VIA fat) -> thin, lean Sense 8 clayey, cloggy, heavy INDIRECT (VIA compact) -> loose Sense 9 heavy, lowering, sullen, threatening INDIRECT (VIA cloudy) -> clear Sense 10 heavy (vs. light) light (vs. heavy) => easy, gentle, soft Sense 11 heavy (vs. light) light (vs. heavy) Sense 12 heavy INDIRECT (VIA wicked) -> virtuous Sense 13 dense, heavy, impenetrable INDIRECT (VIA thick) -> thin Sense 14 heavy INDIRECT (VIA thick) -> thin Sense 15 hard(postnominal), heavy INDIRECT (VIA intemperate) -> temperate Sense 16 big(postnominal), heavy(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA intemperate) -> temperate Sense 17 accented, heavy, strong INDIRECT (VIA stressed) -> unstressed, unaccented Sense 18 heavy, sonorous INDIRECT (VIA full) -> thin Sense 19 grave, grievous, heavy, weighty INDIRECT (VIA important) -> unimportant Sense 20 heavy, lumbering, ponderous INDIRECT (VIA heavy-footed) -> light-footed Sense 21 heavy INDIRECT (VIA heavy-duty) -> light-duty Sense 22 heavy INDIRECT (VIA indigestible) -> digestible Sense 23 heavy INDIRECT (VIA steep) -> gradual Sense 24 heavy, weighed down INDIRECT (VIA full) -> empty Sense 25 heavy, labored, laboured INDIRECT (VIA effortful) -> effortless Sense 26 arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, toilsome INDIRECT (VIA effortful) -> effortless Sense 27 heavy, leaden INDIRECT (VIA dull) -> lively Sense 28 heavy, profound, sound, wakeless INDIRECT (VIA deep) -> shallow Sense 29 big(prenominal), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(prenominal), large(prenominal), heavy(prenominal), with child(prenominal) INDIRECT (VIA pregnant) -> nonpregnant Similarity of adj heavy 29 senses of heavy Sense 1 heavy (vs. light) => dense => doughy, soggy => heavyweight => hefty => massive => middleweight => ponderous => welterweight Sense 2 heavy (vs. light) => harsh => thick Sense 3 heavy (vs. light) Sense 4 heavy => thick (vs. thin) Sense 5 heavy, thick => wide (vs. narrow), broad Sense 6 heavy (vs. light) => burdensome, onerous, taxing => distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying => leaden, weighted => oppressive => weighty Sense 7 fleshy, heavy, overweight => fat (vs. thin) Sense 8 clayey, cloggy, heavy => compact (vs. loose) Sense 9 heavy, lowering, sullen, threatening => cloudy (vs. clear) Sense 10 heavy (vs. light) => big Sense 11 heavy (vs. light) Sense 12 heavy => wicked (vs. virtuous) Sense 13 dense, heavy, impenetrable => thick (vs. thin) Sense 14 heavy => thick (vs. thin) Sense 15 hard(postnominal), heavy => intemperate (vs. temperate) Sense 16 big(postnominal), heavy(postnominal) => intemperate (vs. temperate) Sense 17 accented, heavy, strong => stressed (vs. unstressed) Sense 18 heavy, sonorous => full (vs. thin) Sense 19 grave, grievous, heavy, weighty => important (vs. unimportant), of import Sense 20 heavy, lumbering, ponderous => heavy-footed (vs. light-footed) Sense 21 heavy => heavy-duty (vs. light-duty) Sense 22 heavy => indigestible (vs. digestible) Sense 23 heavy => steep (vs. gradual) Sense 24 heavy, weighed down => full (vs. empty) Sense 25 heavy, labored, laboured => effortful (vs. effortless) Sense 26 arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, toilsome => effortful (vs. effortless) Sense 27 heavy, leaden => dull (vs. lively) Sense 28 heavy, profound, sound, wakeless => deep (vs. shallow) Sense 29 big(prenominal), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(prenominal), large(prenominal), heavy(prenominal), with child(prenominal) => pregnant (vs. nonpregnant) Attributes of adj heavy 1 of 29 senses of heavy Sense 1 heavy (vs. light) => weight Familiarity of adj heavy heavy used as an adjective is very familiar (polysemy count = 29) Grep of adj heavy heavy heavy-armed heavy-coated heavy-duty heavy-footed heavy-handed heavy-laden heavyhearted heavyset heavyweight top-heavy Overview of noun heavy The noun heavy has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. heavy -- (an actor who plays villainous roles) 2. heavy -- (a serious (or tragic) role in a play) Overview of adj heavy The adj heavy has 29 senses (first 9 from tagged texts) 1. (32) heavy -- (of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogony furniture") 2. (10) heavy -- (unusually great in degree or quantity or number; "heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic") 3. (5) 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") 4. (4) heavy -- (having or suggesting a viscous consistency; "heavy cream") 5. (3) heavy, thick -- (wide from side to side "a heavy black mark") 6. (2) 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") 7. (1) fleshy, heavy, overweight -- (usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it) 8. (1) clayey, cloggy, heavy -- ((used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated") 9. (1) heavy, lowering, sullen, threatening -- (darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky") 10. heavy -- (of great intensity or power or force; "a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas") 11. heavy -- ((physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight; "heavy hydrogen"; "heavy water") 12. heavy -- ((of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'") 13. dense, heavy, impenetrable -- (permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom") 14. heavy -- (made of fabric having considerable thickness; "a heavy coat") 15. hard, heavy -- (of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker") 16. big heavy -- (prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor") 17. accented, heavy, strong -- (used of syllables) 18. heavy, sonorous -- (full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice") 19. grave, grievous, heavy, weighty -- (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. heavy, lumbering, ponderous -- (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. 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, weighed down -- (full of bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes") 25. heavy, labored, laboured -- (requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading") 26. arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, toilsome -- (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. heavy, leaden -- (lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation") 28. heavy, profound, sound, wakeless -- ((of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep") 29. big enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, large heavy, with child -- (in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child") Overview of adv heavy The adv heavy has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. heavy, heavily -- (slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on their hands")
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