heavyadjective
uk/ˈhev.i/us/ˈhev.i/heavy adjective (WEIGHING A LOT)
A2 weighing a lot, and needing effort to move or lift:
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- This box is really heavy - can we put it down for a minute?
- He laboured up the hill with his heavy load.
- Several pieces of heavy equipment had to be manhandled into the lorry.
- These books are too heavy for me to carry.
- In the past, armies used catapults to hurl heavy stones at enemy fortifications.
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Thick, dense and heavy
- chunky
- clunky
- cumbersome
- dense
- densely
- density
- encumber
- heavily
- heaviness
- hefty
- ponderous
- sludgy
- thick
- thicken
- thickness
- unwieldy
- weight
- weighty
- wiry
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heavy adjective (TO A GREAT DEGREE)
B1 (especially of something unpleasant) of very or especially great force, amount, or degree:
sea that is rough with large waves
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- Our armies have come under heavy bombardment.
- The unusually heavy rain caused flash floods in several mountain villages.
- Despite incurring heavy losses, the rebels now hold the town and the surrounding hills.
- Both the armies suffered heavy losses in the battle.
- The marriage ran into trouble because of her husband's heavy drinking.
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Serious and severe
- acute
- critical
- critically
- desperate
- dire
- egregious
- grave
- gravity
- grievous
- heaviness
- mortal
- serious
- seriously
- severely
- severity
- stiff
- stiffness
- swingeing
- terminal
- utmost
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heavy adjective (SOLID)
thick, strong, solid, or strongly made:
Heavy soil is thick and difficult to dig or walk through.
thick, solid-looking, and not delicate:
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Physically strong and powerful
- (as) tough as old boots idiom
- almighty
- billy-o
- brute
- burly
- elemental
- high-octane
- industrial-strength
- invincible
- invulnerable
- lusty
- muscle-flexing
- omnipotent
- reckon
- stout
- stoutly
- superhuman
- to be reckoned with idiom
- tough
- toughie
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heavy adjective (MACHINES)
C2 Heavy machines or vehicles that are very large and powerful:
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Big and quite big
- appreciable
- baronial
- burly
- capacious
- commodious
- fair
- grand
- juicy
- L, l
- large-scale
- largish
- macro
- mass
- side
- spacious
- supersize
- swamp
- sweeping
- the bigger the better idiom
- walk-in
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heavy adjective (UNPLEASANT)
old-fashioned slang used to describe something such as a situation that is dangerous or unpleasant:
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Serious and unpleasant
- abominable
- abysmal
- apocalyptic
- appalling
- awfully
- belief
- ghastly
- grim
- grisly
- grotesque
- gruesome
- hate
- noxious
- repulsive
- revolting
- rotten
- shitty
- shocking
- stinking
- wretched
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Idiom(s)
heavynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈhev.i/us/ˈhev.i/slanga large strong man employed to protect someone else or to frighten other people:
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Protection and protectors
- aegis
- auspices
- bailiff
- bandobast
- beefeater
- buffer
- conservation
- guardian
- homeland security
- janitor
- keeper
- minder
- night watchman
- preservation
- ranger
- self-protection
- sentinel
- shield
- warden
- watchman
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