heavy
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- adjective
- /ˈhɛvi/
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- She struggled to carry the heavy suitcase up the stairs.
- a heavy load
- heavy machinery
- heavy equipment
Imagine that sensation that they're heavy and weighing you down.
- Imagine that sensation that they're heavy and weighing you down.
- They're difficult to transport, they're heavy, they're easy to break.
- It it feels a lot heavier than one of these.
- So you need to practice lifting heavier at a faster rate.
- Yep, It's a heavy girl is a fat boy.
Examples
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It's a long way to travel with such a heavy load.
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We use it to transport very, very heavy pieces of machinery... up to hundreds of tons.
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This thing is so heavy it's crazy.
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These cars are heavy and fast.
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Are there that many heavy objects that need moving?
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This rope is so heavy.
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The old floorboards creak with each heavy step.
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Even in this remote place, the bears carry heavy loads of pollutants.
Academic text (2012) -
They're difficult to transport, they're heavy, they're easy to break.
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Inside it rode a genteel old lady dressed in a shawl, a heavy veil, and an enormous sunbonnet.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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3.1
Very large and heavy
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1.0
Having a solid wide body or wide arms and legs
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3.9
Thick so that little light can pass through
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3.7
Being large and heavy in size or build
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3.5
A person with a large, solid body and wide shoulders
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3.8
Strong and rather heavy in body or shape
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4.1
Heavy and difficult to lift
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7.5
Being large and heavy like a solid block
Much heavier than normal and hard to move
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.4
Large machines like bulldozers or cranes used to move dirt and heavy materials
- Specialized
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5.2
A large gun like artillery or a heavy machine gun that soldiers move to support troops in war
- Specialized
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7.8
A kind of water with heavier hydrogen atoms used in some nuclear reactors
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3.1
A type of loud, powerful rock with strong guitar sounds, fast drums, and angry lyrics
- Specialized
A syllable with a long vowel, two vowel sounds together, or a final consonant that sounds stronger
- Specialized
A large underwater weapon launched from submarines with a very powerful warhead to sink big ships
- Specialized
A tiny piece of matter as heavy as or heavier than a proton that feels the strong force
How Heavy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Heavy comes from Old English hefig, which meant 'weighty' or 'weighing a lot'. So a 'heavy' soil really 'weighs' a lot and is hard to lift.