heavy
- adjective
- /ˈhɛvi/
- The box was so heavy that it took two men to lift it.
- heavy rain
- heavy load
- heavy equipment
This is the curtain, which is like a heavy cloth fabric almost.
- This is the curtain, which is like a heavy cloth fabric almost.
- The head of the tree is heavy, the pears are not ripe.
- I do a lot of lunges, heavy suitcase carry lunges.
- My old hair dryer felt so heavy and was so big.
- It doesn't feel thick or heavy or anything like that.
- So if you're a heavy person, a heavy bleeder, it won't work.
- But it is very, very heavy and it's very fragile.
Examples
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These are Eagle cohorts, Legionnaires, heavy, heavy troops on this front.
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So this is a heavy statue made of bronze.
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So if this looks a little heavy initially, it's OK.
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You have to practice a lot and never ever do it in heavy traffic.
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My old hair dryer felt so heavy and was so big.
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This is the curtain, which is like a heavy cloth fabric almost.
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Hospitals are forming pools of resources to support colleagues who carry particularly heavy responsibilities for teaching.
Academic text (1999) -
Hot and tired, they climb out, each carrying a heavy, scoped hunting rifle.
Fiction book (1990) -
They can be a nice brown pair of heavy cotton, nice twill trousers.
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Heavy rain advisory.
Synonyms
Very large and heavy
Having a solid wide body or wide arms and legs
Full of heavy things, for example a suitcase or a table of food
Being large and heavy in size or build
A person with a large, solid body and wide shoulders
Carrying heavy things or having serious worries that make you feel tired
Strong and rather heavy in body or shape
Heavy and difficult to lift
Carrying a heavy load like bags or boxes
A person or animal that has a wide, heavy body
Carrying a large load, for example snow on branches
Made heavy and hard to move or feeling very tired
Much heavier than normal and hard to move
Much heavier than it looks and hard to lift
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
Large machines like bulldozers or cranes used to move dirt and heavy materials
- Specialized
A large gun like artillery or a heavy machine gun that soldiers move to support troops in war
- Specialized
A kind of water with heavier hydrogen atoms used in some nuclear reactors
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 when a branch is 'heavy with' fruit or water, it is full and weighed down.