heavy

Definitions of heavy in various dictionaries:

noun - an actor who plays villainous roles

noun - a serious (or tragic) role in a play

adj - of comparatively great physical weight or density

adj - unusually great in degree or quantity or number

adj - of the military or industry

adj - marked by great psychological weight

adj - usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

adj - (used of soil) compact and fine-grained

adj - darkened by clouds

adj - of great intensity or power or force

adj - (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight

adj - (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain

adj - permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter

adj - of relatively large extent and density

adj - made of fabric having considerable thickness

adj - prodigious

adj - full and loud and deep

adj - given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors

adj - of great gravity or crucial import

adj - slow and laborious because of weight

adj - large and powerful

adj - dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal

adj - sharply inclined

adj - full of

adj - requiring or showing effort

adj - characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion

adj - lacking lightness or liveliness

adj - (of sleep) deep and complete

adj - in an advanced stage of pregnancy

adv - slowly as if burdened by much weight

Having relatively great weight: a heavy load.

Having relatively high density; having a high specific gravity.

Large, as in number or quantity: a heavy turnout; heavy casualties.

Large in yield or output: heavy rainfall.

Of great intensity: heavy activity; heavy fighting.

Having great power or force: a heavy punch.

Violent; rough: heavy seas.

Equipped with massive armaments and weapons: a heavy cruiser; heavy infantry.

Large enough to fire powerful shells: heavy guns.

Indulging to a great degree: a heavy drinker.

Involved or participating on a large scale: a heavy investor.

Of great import or seriousness; grave: heavy matters of state.

Having considerable thickness: a heavy coat.

Broad or coarse: drew the face with heavy lines.

Dense; thick: a heavy fog.

Slow to dissipate; strong: “There was a heavy fragrance of flowers and lemon trees” (Mario Puzo).

Too dense or rich to digest easily: a heavy dessert.

Insufficiently leavened: heavy bread.

Full of clay and readily saturated: heavy soil.

Weighed down; burdened: trees heavy with plums.

Emotionally weighed down; despondent: a heavy heart.

Marked by or exhibiting weariness: heavy lids.

Sad or painful: heavy news.

Hard to do or accomplish; arduous: heavy going; heavy reading.

Not easily borne; oppressive: heavy taxes.

Lacking vitality; deficient in vivacity or grace: a heavy gait; heavy humor.

Sharply inclined; steep: a heavy grade.

Having a large capacity or designed for rough work: a heavy truck.

Of, relating to, or involving the large-scale production of basic products, such as steel: heavy industry.

Of or relating to a serious dramatic role.

Of or relating to an isotope with an atomic mass greater than the average mass of that element.

Loud; sonorous: a heavy sound; heavy breathing.

Of, relating to, or being a syllable ending in a long vowel or in a vowel plus two consonants.

Slang.

Of great significance or profundity.

Very popular or important: a rock star who is really heavy.

A serious or tragic role in a play.

An actor playing such a role.

A villain in a story or play.

A mobster.

One that is very important or influential: a media heavy.

adv - having much weight [ adj HEAVIER, HEAVIEST] : HEAVILY

noun - a cruelly malicious person