Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Heavy \Heav"y\, a. [Compar. {Heavier}; superl. {Heaviest}.] [OE.
hevi, AS. hefig, fr. hebban to lift, heave; akin to OHG.
hebig, hevig, Icel. h["o]figr, h["o]fugr. See {Heave}.]
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.
--1 Sam. v. 6.
The king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make.
--Shak.
Sent hither to impart the heavy news. --Wordsworth.
Trust him not in matter of heavy consequence.
--Shak.
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.
--Chapman.
A light wife doth make a heavy husband. --Shak.
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. --Shak.
Of a heavy, dull, degenerate mind. --Dryden.
Neither [is] his ear heavy, that it can not hear.
--Is. lix. 1.
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.
--Byron.
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.
Source : WordNet®
heaviest
See {heavy}
heavy
adj 1: of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy
load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogony
furniture" [ant: {light}]
2: unusually great in degree or quantity or number; "heavy
taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy
losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic" [ant: {light}]
3: 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" [ant: {light}]
4: having or suggesting a viscous consistency; "heavy cream"
5: wide from side to side; "a heavy black mark" [syn: {thick}]
6: 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" [ant: {light}]
7: usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large
frame to carry it [syn: {fleshy}, {overweight}]
8: (used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil
was heavy and easily saturated" [syn: {clayey}, {cloggy}]
9: darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky" [syn: {lowering}, {sullen},
{threatening}]
10: of great intensity or power or force; "a heavy blow"; "the
fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas" [ant: {light}]
11: (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with
greater than average atomic mass or weight; "heavy
hydrogen"; "heavy water" [ant: {light}]
12: (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; "Iago is
the heavy role in `Othello'"
13: permitting little if any light to pass through because of
denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog";
"impenetrable gloom" [syn: {dense}, {impenetrable}]
14: made of fabric having considerable thickness; "a heavy coat"
15: of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a
lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker" [syn: {hard(a)}]
16: prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor"
[syn: {big(a)}, {heavy(a)}]
17: used of syllables or musical beats [syn: {accented}, {strong}]
18: full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for
his sonorous voice" [syn: {sonorous}]
19: 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" [syn: {grave}, {grievous}, {weighty}]
20: 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" [syn:
{lumbering}, {ponderous}]
21: large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or
rough work; "a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery"
22: dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause
distress in the alimentary canal; "a heavy pudding"
23: sharply inclined; "a heavy grade"
24: full of; bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit";
"vines weighed down with grapes" [syn: {weighed down}]
25: requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject
made for labored reading" [syn: {labored}, {laboured}]
26: 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" [syn: {arduous},
{backbreaking}, {grueling}, {gruelling}, {hard}, {laborious},
{punishing}, {toilsome}]
27: lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden
conversation" [syn: {leaden}]
28: (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a
profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
[syn: {profound}, {sound}, {wakeless}]
29: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child";
"was great with child" [syn: {big(p)}, {enceinte}, {expectant},
{gravid}, {great(p)}, {large(p)}, {heavy(p)}, {with
child(p)}]
[also: {heaviest}, {heavier}]
heavy
adv : slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on
their hands" [syn: {heavily}]
[also: {heaviest}, {heavier}]
heavy
n 1: an actor who plays villainous roles
2: a serious (or tragic) role in a play
[also: {heaviest}, {heavier}]