Dictionary definition · heavy
noun
- an actor who plays villainous roles
- a serious (or tragic) role in a play
adjective
- of comparatively great physical weight or density"a heavy load"
- unusually great in degree or quantity or number"heavy taxes"
- of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment"heavy artillery"
- marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness"a heavy heart"
- usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
- (used of soil) compact and fine-grained"the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"
- darkened by clouds"a heavy sky"
- of great intensity or power or force"a heavy blow"
- (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight"heavy hydrogen"
adverb
- slowly as if burdened by much weight"time hung heavy on their hands"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).