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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Heavy \Heav"y\, a.
     Having the heaves.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Heavy \Heav"y\, a. [Compar. Heavier; superl. Heaviest.] [OE.
     hevi, AS. hefig, fr. hebban to lift, heave; akin to OHG.
     hebig, hevig, Icel. h["o]figr, h["o]fugr. See Heave.]
     1. 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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     2. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure
        or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy
        yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod.
                                                    --1 Sam. v. 6.
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              The king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make.
                                                    --Shak.
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              Sent hither to impart the heavy news. --Wordsworth.
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              Trust him not in matter of heavy consequence.
                                                    --Shak.
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     3. Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened;
        bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care,
        grief, pain, disappointment.
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              The heavy [sorrowing] nobles all in council were.
                                                    --Chapman.
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              A light wife doth make a heavy husband. --Shak.
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     4. Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate,
        stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the
        like; a heavy writer or book.
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              Whilst the heavy plowman snores.      --Shak.
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              Of a heavy, dull, degenerate mind.    --Dryden.
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              Neither [is] his ear heavy, that it can not hear.
                                                    --Is. lix. 1.
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     5. Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm,
        cannonade, and the like.
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     6. Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder.
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              But, hark! that heavy sound breaks in once more.
                                                    --Byron.
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     7. Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the
        sky.
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     8. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a
        heavy road, soil, and the like.
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     9. Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     10. Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not
         easily digested; -- said of food.
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     11. Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other
         liquors.
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     12. With child; pregnant. [R.]
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     Heavy artillery. (Mil.)
         (a) Guns of great weight or large caliber, esp. siege,
             garrison, and seacoast guns.
         (b) Troops which serve heavy guns.
  
     Heavy cavalry. See under Cavalry.
  
     Heavy fire (Mil.), a continuous or destructive cannonading,
        or discharge of small arms.
  
     Heavy metal (Mil.), large guns carrying balls of a large
        size; also, large balls for such guns.
  
     Heavy metals. (Chem.) 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.
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     Note: Heavy is used in composition to form many words which
           need no special explanation; as, heavy-built,
           heavy-browed, heavy-gaited, etc.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Heavy \Heav"y\, v. t.
     To make heavy. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Heavy \Heav"y\, adv.
     Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Lie \Lie\, v. i. [imp. Lay (l[=a]); p. p. Lain (l[=a]n),
     ({Lien (l[imac]"[e^]n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Lying.]
     [OE. lien, liggen, AS. licgan; akin to D. liggen, OHG. ligen,
     licken, G. liegen, Icel. liggja, Sw. ligga, Dan. ligge, Goth.
     ligan, Russ. lejate, L. lectus bed, Gr. le`chos bed,
     le`xasqai to lie. Cf. Lair, Law, Lay, v. t., Litter,
     Low, adj.]
     1. To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to
        be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or
        nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; -- often
        with down, when predicated of living creatures; as, the
        book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies
        in his coffin.
  
              The watchful traveler . . . Lay down again, and
              closed his weary eyes.                --Dryden.
  
     2. To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland
        lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the
        ship lay in port.
  
     3. To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in
        a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie
        fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie
        under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves;
        the paper does not lie smooth on the wall.
  
     4. To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding
        place; to consist; -- with in.
  
              Envy lies between beings equal in nature, though
              unequal in circumstances.             --Collier.
  
              He that thinks that diversion may not lie in hard
              labor, forgets the early rising and hard riding of
              huntsmen.                             --Locke.
  
     5. To lodge; to sleep.
  
              Whiles I was now trifling at home, I saw London, . .
              . where I lay one night only.         --Evelyn.
  
              Mr. Quinion lay at our house that night. --Dickens.
  
     6. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
  
              The wind is loud and will not lie.    --Shak.
  
     7. (Law) To be sustainable; to be capable of being
        maintained. ``An appeal lies in this case.'' --Parsons.
  
     Note: Through ignorance or carelessness speakers and writers
           often confuse the forms of the two distinct verbs lay
           and lie. Lay is a transitive verb, and has for its
           preterit laid; as, he told me to lay it down, and I
           laid it down. Lie is intransitive, and has for its
           preterit lay; as, he told me to lie down, and I lay
           down. Some persons blunder by using laid for the
           preterit of lie; as, he told me to lie down, and I laid
           down. So persons often say incorrectly, the ship laid
           at anchor; they laid by during the storm; the book was
           laying on the shelf, etc. It is only necessary to
           remember, in all such cases, that laid is the preterit
           of lay, and not of lie.
  
     To lie along the shore (Naut.), to coast, keeping land in
        sight.
  
     To lie at the door of, to be imputable to; as, the sin,
        blame, etc., lies at your door.
  
     To lie at the heart, to be an object of affection, desire,
        or anxiety. --Sir W. Temple.
  
     To lie at the mercy of, to be in the power of.
  
     To lie by.
        (a) To remain with; to be at hand; as, he has the
            manuscript lying by him.
        (b) To rest; to intermit labor; as, we lay by during the
            heat of the day.
  
     To lie hard or heavy, to press or weigh; to bear hard.
  
     To lie in, to be in childbed; to bring forth young.
  
     To lie in one, to be in the power of; to belong to. ``As
        much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.''
        --Rom. xii. 18.
  
     To lie in the way, to be an obstacle or impediment.
  
     To lie in wait, to wait in concealment; to lie in ambush.
        
  
     To lie on or upon.
        (a) To depend on; as, his life lies on the result.
        (b) To bear, rest, press, or weigh on.
  
     To lie low, to remain in concealment or inactive. [Slang]
        
  
     To lie on hand,
  
     To lie on one's hands, to remain unsold or unused; as, the
        goods are still lying on his hands; they have too much
        time lying on their hands.
  
     To lie on the head of, to be imputed to.
  
              What he gets more of her than sharp words, let it
              lie on my head.                       --Shak.
  
     To lie over.
        (a) To remain unpaid after the time when payment is due,
            as a note in bank.
        (b) To be deferred to some future occasion, as a
            resolution in a public deliberative body.
  
     To lie to (Naut.), to stop or delay; especially, to head as
        near the wind as possible as being the position of
        greatest safety in a gale; -- said of a ship. Cf. To
        bring to, under Bring.
  
     To lie under, to be subject to; to suffer; to be oppressed
        by.
  
     To lie with.
        (a) To lodge or sleep with.
        (b) To have sexual intercourse with.
        (c) To belong to; as, it lies with you to make amends.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Heavy \Heav"y\, a.
     Having the heaves.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Heavy \Heav"y\, a. [Compar. Heavier; superl. Heaviest.] [OE.
     hevi, AS. hefig, fr. hebban to lift, heave; akin to OHG.
     hebig, hevig, Icel. h["o]figr, h["o]fugr. See Heave.]
     1. 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.
  
     2. 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.
                                                    --1 Sam. v. 6.
  
              The king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make.
                                                    --Shak.
  
              Sent hither to impart the heavy news. --Wordsworth.
  
              Trust him not in matter of heavy consequence.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     3. 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.
                                                    --Chapman.
  
              A light wife doth make a heavy husband. --Shak.
  
     4. 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.      --Shak.
  
              Of a heavy, dull, degenerate mind.    --Dryden.
  
              Neither [is] his ear heavy, that it can not hear.
                                                    --Is. lix. 1.
  
     5. Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm,
        cannonade, and the like.
  
     6. Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder.
  
              But, hark! that heavy sound breaks in once more.
                                                    --Byron.
  
     7. Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the
        sky.
  
     8. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a
        heavy road, soil, and the like.
  
     9. Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.
  
     10. Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not
         easily digested; -- said of food.
  
     11. Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other
         liquors.
  
     12. With child; pregnant. [R.]
  
     Heavy artillery. (Mil.)
         (a) Guns of great weight or large caliber, esp. siege,
             garrison, and seacoast guns.
         (b) Troops which serve heavy guns.
  
     Heavy cavalry. See under Cavalry.
  
     Heavy fire (Mil.), a continuous or destructive cannonading,
        or discharge of small arms.
  
     Heavy metal (Mil.), large guns carrying balls of a large
        size; also, large balls for such guns.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Heavy \Heav"y\, adv.
     Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Heavy \Heav"y\, v. t.
     To make heavy. [Obs.] --Wyclif.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  heavy
       adj 1: of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy
              load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogony
              furniture" [ant: light]
       2: unusually great in degree or quantity or number; "heavy
          taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy
          losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic" [ant: light]
       3: of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest
          and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment;
          "heavy artillery"; "heavy infantry"; "a heavy cruiser";
          "heavy guns"; "heavy industry involves large-scale
          production of basic products (such as steel) used by other
          industries" [ant: light]
       4: having or suggesting a viscous consistency; "heavy cream"
       5: wide from side to side; "a heavy black mark" [syn: thick]
       6: marked by great psychological weight; weighted down
          especially with sadness or troubles or weariness; "a heavy
          heart"; "a heavy schedule"; "heavy news"; "a heavy
          silence"; "heavy eyelids" [ant: light]
       7: usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large
          frame to carry it [syn: fleshy, overweight]
       8: (used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil
          was heavy and easily saturated" [syn: clayey, cloggy]
       9: darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky" [syn: lowering, sullen,
           threatening]
       10: of great intensity or power or force; "a heavy blow"; "the
           fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas" [ant: light]
       11: (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with
           greater than average atomic mass or weight; "heavy
           hydrogen"; "heavy water" [ant: light]
       12: (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; "Iago is
           the heavy role in `Othello'"
       13: permitting little if any light to pass through because of
           denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog";
           "impenetrable gloom" [syn: dense, impenetrable]
       14: made of fabric having considerable thickness; "a heavy coat"
       15: of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a
           lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker" [syn: hard(a)]
       16: prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor"
           [syn: big(a), heavy(a)]
       17: used of syllables or musical beats [syn: accented, strong]
       18: full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for
           his sonorous voice" [syn: sonorous]
       19: of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious
           thought; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave
           decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy
           matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed
           at the peace conference" [syn: grave, grievous, weighty]
       20: slow and laborious because of weight; "the heavy tread of
           tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot";
           "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn" [syn:
           lumbering, ponderous]
       21: large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or
           rough work; "a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery"
       22: dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause
           distress in the alimentary canal; "a heavy pudding"
       23: sharply inclined; "a heavy grade"
       24: full of; bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit";
           "vines weighed down with grapes" [syn: weighed down]
       25: requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject
           made for labored reading" [syn: labored, laboured]
       26: characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion;
           especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up
           the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor";
           "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours
           on the project"; "set a punishing pace" [syn: arduous,
           backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, laborious,
            punishing, toilsome]
       27: lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden
           conversation" [syn: leaden]
       28: (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a
           profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
           [syn: profound, sound, wakeless]
       29: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child";
           "was great with child" [syn: big(p), enceinte, expectant,
            gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with
           child(p)]
       n 1: an actor who plays villainous roles
       2: a serious (or tragic) role in a play
       adv : slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on
             their hands" [syn: heavily]
       [also: heaviest, heavier]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  heavy
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 βαρύς
     2 (''ΗΒ, αργκό'') οπλισμένος
     3 (''ΗΒ, αργκό'') εξαιρετικός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  heavy
     Finnish n.
     (alternative spelling of fi hevi  heavyrock).
     German a.
     (lb de predicative colloquial probably slightly dated) #English;
  intense; serious; shocking (gloss: extraordinary, especially in a bad
  way)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  heavy
     a.
     1 (lb en of a physical object) Having great weight.
     2 (lb en of a topic) serious, somber.
     3 Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
     adv.
     1 In a heavy manner; weightily; heavily; gravely.
     2 (lb en colloquial nonstandard) To a great degree; greatly.
     3 (lb en India colloquial) very
     n.
     1 (lb en slang) A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or
  aggressive acts.
     2 (lb en slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
     3 (lb en journalism slang mostly in the plural) A newspaper of the
  (w: quality press).
     vb.
     1 (lb en often with "up") To make heavier.
     2 To sadden. (rfex: en)
     3 (lb en Australia New Zealand informal) To use power or wealth to
  exert influence on, e.g., governments or corporations; to pressure.
     a.
     Having the heaves.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  heavy
     Finnish n.
     (alternative spelling of fi hevi  heavyrock).
     German a.
     (lb de predicative colloquial probably slightly dated) #English;
  intense; serious; shocking (gloss: extraordinary, especially in a bad
  way)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  heavy
     Finnish n.
     (alternative spelling of fi hevi  heavyrock).
     German a.
     (lb de predicative colloquial probably slightly dated) #English;
  intense; serious; shocking (gloss: extraordinary, especially in a bad
  way)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  heavy
     n.
     (yhteys musiikki k=fi) hyökkäävä ja raskassointinen rockmusiikki

From Finnish Wiktionary: Finnish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-fi-2023-07-27 ]


  heavy
     n.
     (yhteys musiikki k=fi) hyökkäävä ja raskassointinen rockmusiikki

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  heavy
     Engelska a.
     tung

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  heavy /hˈɛvi/
  swaar

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Heavy /hˈɛvi/
  ثقيل

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  heavy //ˈhev.i// //ˈhɛv.i// 
  1. те́жък
  having great weight
  2. натоварен
  laden to a great extent
  3. силен
  of rate of flow: high
  4. тежък
  of weather:hot and humid
  5. серио́зен
  serious

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  heavy //ˈhev.i// //ˈhɛv.i// 
  злодей
  bad guy

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  heavy /hˈɛvi/ 
  těžký

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  heavy /hˈɛvi/ 
  nudný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  heavy /hˈɛvi/ 
  obtížný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  heavy /hˈɛvi/ 
  hustý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  heavy /hˈɛvi/
  silný

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]


  heavy /hˈɛvi/ 
  trwm

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  heavy /hˈɛvi/
   [Sc.] Starkbier 
   see: beer, amber nectar, brew, beers, lager, light beer, brown ale, dark beer, fruity beer, grut ale, gruit ale, green beer, craft beer, sorghum beer, lite beer, sweet beer, root beer, draught beer, draft beer, NA beer, near beer