Heavy

/ˈhɛv.i/ · adjective

Meaning

(of any physical thing) Having great weight..

Definitions by Sense

1. (of any physical thing) Having great weight.
2. (of a topic) Serious, somber.
3. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
4. (British, slang, dated) Good.
5. (dated, late 1960s, 1970s, US) Profound.
6. (of a rate of flow) High, great.
7. (slang) Armed.
8. (of music) Loud, distorted, or intense.

Example Sentences

Can you help me carry this? It's really heavy.

Use the scales to measure how heavy it is.

Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.

But now, ten years later, after his recent shipwreck, he cannot compete as a runner, though he can outthrow the slighter Phaeacians with the heaviest discus.

In other research, scientists have found that people who kept cereal out in the open were often about 20 pounds heavier than people who kept cereal behind closed doors.

"We're still in an existential-stakes war with the Pa'anuri, and possibly with our own destructive tendencies." ' "Sorry. That was pretty heavy for someone who just woke up." "Oh, I'm fine. Waking up alive has ALWAYS meant spending the day trying not to be dead."

heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.

The hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod.

Synonyms for heavy

Antonyms for heavy

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Word Forms

• heavier
• heaviest
• more heavy
• most heavy
• heavies
• heavys
• heavying
• heavied

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