Heavy /(?)/
Heav·y
Heavy
a.
- Having the heaves.
Heavy
a.
- 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.
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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.
The king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make.
Sent hither to impart the heavy news.
Trust him not in matter of heavy consequence.
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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.
A light wife doth make a heavy husband.
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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.
Of a heavy, dull, degenerate mind.
Neither [is] his ear heavy, that it can not hear.
- Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like.
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Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder.
But, hark! that heavy sound breaks in once more.
- Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the sky.
- Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like.
- Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.
- Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; -- said of food.
- Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other liquors.
- With child; pregnant. [R.]
Phrases & Compounds
- Heavy artillery
- Guns of great weight or large caliber, esp. siege, garrison, and seacoast guns.
- Heavy cavalry
- See under Cavalry.
- Heavy fire
- a continuous or destructive cannonading, or discharge of small arms.
- Heavy metal
- large guns carrying balls of a large size; also, large balls for such guns.
- Heavy metals
- See under Metal.
- Heavy weight
- in wrestling, boxing, etc., a term applied to the heaviest of the classes into which contestants are divided. Cf. Feather weight (c), under Feather.
Heavy
adv.
- Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden.
Heavy
v. t.
- To make heavy. [Obs.]