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Definition heavy
Etymology 1
From Middle English hevy, hevi?, from Old English hefi?, hefe?, hæfi? (“heavy; important, grave, severe, serious; oppressive, grievous; slow, dull”), from Proto-Germanic *hab?gaz (“heavy, hefty, weighty”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh?p- (“to take, grasp, hold”), equivalent to heave + -y. Cognate with Scots hevy, havy, heavy (“heavy”), Dutch hevig (“violent, severe, intense, acute”), Middle Low German h?vich (“violent, fierce, intense”), German hebig (compare heftig (“fierce, severe, intense, violent, heavy”)), Icelandic höfugur (“heavy, weighty, important”), Latin cap?x (“large, wide, roomy, spacious, capacious, capable, apt”).
Adjective
heavy (comparative heavier, superlative heaviest)
- (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.
- (music) Louder, more distorted.
- (of weather) Hot and humid.
- (of a person) Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
- (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
- Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
- Laden to a great extent.
- 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.
- Having much body or strength; said of wines or spirits.
- (obsolete) With child; pregnant.
- (physics) Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one
Adverb
heavy (comparative more heavy, superlative most heavy)
Noun
heavy (plural heavies or heavys)
- A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
- (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
- (Should we move this sense?) (aviation) A large multi-engined aircraft.
Verb
heavy (third-person singular simple present heavies, present participle heavying, simple past and past participle heavied)
- (often with "up") To make heavier.
- To sadden.
- (Australia, New Zealand, informal) To use power and/or wealth to exert influence on, e.g., governments or corporations; to pressure.
Etymology 2
heave + -y
Adjective
heavy (comparative more heavy, superlative most heavy)
- Having the heaves.
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