heavy
IPA: hˈɛvi
noun
- (slang) A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
- (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
- (journalism, slang, chiefly in the plural) A newspaper of the quality press.
- (aviation) A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.
- (theater, archaic, slang) A serious theatrical role.
- (military, historical) A member of the heavy cavalry.
verb
- (often with "up") To make heavier.
- To sadden.
- (Australia, New Zealand, informal) To use power or wealth to exert influence on, e.g., governments or corporations; to pressure.
adjective
- (of a physical object) Having great weight.
- (of a topic) Serious, somber.
- Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
- (Britain, slang, dated) Good.
- (dated, late 1960s, 1970s, US) Profound.
- (of a rate of flow) High, great.
- (slang) Armed.
- (of music) Loud, distorted, or intense.
- (of weather) Hot and humid.
- (of a person) Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
- (of the eyes) With eyelids difficult to keep open due to tiredness.
- (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
- Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
- Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.
- Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
- Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
- Not raised or leavened.
- (of wines or spirits) Having much body or strength.
- (obsolete) With child; pregnant.
- (physics) Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one.
- (petroleum) Having high viscosity.
- (finance) Of a market: in which the price of shares is declining.
- (nautical, military) Heavily-armed.
- (aviation, of an aircraft) Having a relatively high takeoff weight and payload.
- Having a maximum takeoff weight exceeding 300,000 tons, as almost all widebodies do, generating high wake turbulence.
- Having the heaves.
adverb
- In a heavy manner; weightily; heavily; gravely.
- (colloquial, nonstandard) To a great degree; greatly.
- (India, colloquial) very
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