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adjective Heavy adj. (compar. heavier; superl. heaviest) 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." "The king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make." "Sent hither to impart the heavy news." "Trust him not in matter of heavy consequence." 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." "A light wife doth make a heavy husband." 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." "Of a heavy, dull, degenerate mind." "Neither (is) his ear heavy, that it can not hear." 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." 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. (R.) Heavy artillery. (Mil.) (a)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, in wrestling, boxing, etc., a term applied to the heaviest of the classes into which contestants are divided. Cf. Feather weight (c), under Feather. Note: Heavy is used in composition to form many words which need no special explanation; as, heavy-built, heavy-browed, heavy-gaited, etc.
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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