heavy
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1.0
- adjective
- /ˈhɛvi/
- The box was so heavy that it took two men to lift it.
- heavy rain
- heavy load
- heavy equipment
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Watch on YouTubeThis 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
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3.1
Very large and heavy
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4.8
Full of heavy things, for example a suitcase or a table of food
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1.0
Having a solid wide body or wide arms and legs
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3.7
Being large and heavy in size or build
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4.1
Made heavy and hard to move or feeling very tired
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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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4.1
Carrying a heavy load like bags or boxes
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4.5
Carrying heavy things or having serious worries that make you feel tired
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5.5
Carrying a large load, for example snow on branches
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4.1
A person or animal that has a wide, heavy body
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4.3
Much heavier than normal and hard to move
Much heavier than it looks and hard to lift
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.4
Large machines like bulldozers or cranes used to move dirt and heavy materials
- Specialized
18
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
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8.4
A tiny piece of matter as heavy as or heavier than a proton that feels the strong force
- Specialized
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8.3
A large underwater weapon launched from submarines with a very powerful warhead to sink big ships
- Specialized
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8.3
A syllable with a long vowel, two vowel sounds together, or a final consonant that sounds stronger
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.