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  1. adverb
    slowly as if burdened by much weight
    "time hung heavy on their hands"

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  2. adjective
    lacking lightness or liveliness
    "heavy humor"

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  3. adjective
    slow and laborious because of weight
    "the heavy tread of tired troops"
  4. adjective
    of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
    "heavy matters of state"
  5. adjective
    requiring or showing effort
    "heavy breathing"
  6. adjective
    full of; bearing great weight
    "trees heavy with fruit"

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  7. adjective
    prodigious
    "heavy investor"

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  8. adjective
    darkened by clouds
    "a heavy sky"
  9. adjective
    (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
    "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"

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  10. adjective
    in an advanced stage of pregnancy
  11. adjective
    usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

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  12. adjective
    permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
    "heavy fog"

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  13. adjective
    full and loud and deep
    "heavy sounds"

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  14. adjective
    (of sleep) deep and complete
    "a heavy sleep"
  15. adjective
    given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
  16. adjective
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
    "heavy work" "heavy going"
  17. noun
    an actor who plays villainous roles
  18. noun
    a serious (or tragic) role in a play
  19. adjective
    dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
    "a heavy pudding"

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  20. adjective
    large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
    "a heavy truck" "heavy machinery"

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  21. adjective
    made of fabric having considerable thickness
    "a heavy coat"

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  22. adjective
    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"
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  23. adjective
    (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
    "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'"

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  24. adjective
    of comparatively great physical weight or density
    "a heavy load" "lead is a heavy metal" "heavy mahogany furniture"
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  25. adjective
    of great intensity or power or force
    "a heavy blow" "the fighting was heavy" "heavy seas"

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    big
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  26. adjective
    of relatively large extent and density
    "a heavy line"

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  27. adjective
    (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
    "heavy hydrogen" "heavy water"
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  28. adjective
    sharply inclined
    "a heavy grade"

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  29. adjective
    unusually great in degree or quantity or number
    "heavy taxes" "a heavy fine" "heavy casualties" "heavy losses" "heavy rain" "heavy traffic"

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  30. 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"
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