Heavy meaning, definition and synonyms

1. Adjective

Having the heaves.

2. Adjective form

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.

3. Adjective form

Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.

4. Adjective form

Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment.

5. Adjective form

Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book.

6. Adjective form

Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like.

7. Adjective form

Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder.

8. Adjective form

Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the sky.

9. Adjective form

Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like.

10. Adjective form

Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.

11. Adjective form

Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; -- said of food.

12. Adjective form

Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other liquors.

13. Adjective form

With child; pregnant.

14. Adverb

Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden.

15. Verb

To make heavy.

16. Adjective

(used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"

Vocabulary classified under Environmental science