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View usage for: heavies in British English (ˈhɛvɪ) adjectiveWord forms: heavier or heaviest1. of comparatively great weight a heavy stone 2. having a relatively high density lead is a heavy metal 3. great in yield, quality, or quantity heavy rain heavy traffic 4. great or considerable heavy emphasis 5. hard to bear, accomplish, or fulfil heavy demands 6. sad or dejected in spirit or mood heavy at heart 7. coarse or broad a heavy line heavy features 8. (of soil) having a high clay content; cloggy 9. solid or fat heavy legs 10. (of an industry) engaged in the large-scale complex manufacture of capital goods or extraction of raw materials Compare light2 (sense 19) 12. militarya. armed or equipped with large weapons, armour, etc b. (of guns, etc) of a large and powerful type 13. (of a syllable) having stress or accentuation Compare light2 (sense 24) 14. dull and uninteresting a heavy style 15. prodigious a heavy drinker 16. (of cakes, bread, etc) insufficiently leavened 17. deep and loud a heavy thud 18. (of music, literature, etc)a. dramatic and powerful; grandiose b. not immediately comprehensible or appealing 19. slangc. (of rock music) having a powerful beat; hard 20. weighted; burdened heavy with child 21. clumsy and slow heavy going 22. permeating a heavy smell 23. cloudy or overcast, esp threatening rain heavy skies 24. not easily digestible a heavy meal 25. (of an element or compound) being or containing an isotope with greater atomic weight than that of the naturally occurring element heavy hydrogen heavy water 26. horse racing (of the going on a racecourse) soft and muddy 27. slang using, or prepared to use, violence or brutality the heavy mob 28. heavy on nounWord forms: plural heavies29. b. an actor who plays such a part 30. militarya. a large fleet unit, esp an aircraft carrier or battleship b. a large calibre or weighty piece of artillery 31. the heavies 32. informal a heavyweight boxer, wrestler, etc 33. slang a strongly built person hired to threaten violence or intimidate others 34. Scottish strong bitter beer adverb35. a. in a heavy manner; heavily time hangs heavy b. (in combination) heavy-laden Derived forms heavily (ˈheavily) adverb heaviness (ˈheaviness) noun Word origin Old English hefig; related to hebban to heave, Old High German hebīg Examples of 'heavies' in a sentenceheavies |