Definition of Heavy

Adjective: heavy (heavier,heaviest) he-vee

Of comparatively great physical weight or density
"a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogany furniture"
Unusually great in degree, quantity or number
"heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic"
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"
Marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness, troubles or weariness
"a heavy heart"; "a heavy schedule"; "heavy news"; "a heavy silence"; "heavy eyelids"
Usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
- fleshy, overweight
(used of soil) compact and fine-grained
"the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"; "the cloggy soil was heavy and easily saturated";
- clayey, cloggy
Darkened by clouds
"a heavy sky";
- lowering[2], sullen, threatening, loury, lowery, louring
Of great intensity, power or force
"a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas"
(physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
"heavy hydrogen"; "heavy water"
(of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
"Iago is the heavy role in 'Othello'"
Permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
"heavy fog";
- dense, impenetrable
Of relatively large extent and density
"a heavy line"
Made of fabric having considerable thickness
"a heavy coat"
Prodigious
"heavy investor";
- big
Full and loud and deep
"heavy sounds";
- sonorous
Given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
"a heavy drinker";
- intemperate, hard
Of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
"heavy matters of state";
- grave, grievous, weighty
Slow and laborious because of weight
"the heavy tread of tired troops";
- lumbering, ponderous
Large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
"a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery"
Dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
"a heavy pudding"
Sharply inclined
"a heavy grade"
Full of; bearing great weight
"trees heavy with fruit";
- weighed down
Requiring or showing effort
"heavy breathing";
- labored [US], laboured [Brit, Cdn]
Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
"heavy work"; "heavy going";
- arduous, backbreaking, grueling [US], gruelling [Brit, Cdn], hard, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome
Lacking lightness or liveliness
"heavy humour";
- leaden
(of sleep) deep and complete
"a heavy sleep";
- profound, sound, wakeless
In an advanced stage of pregnancy
"was heavy with child";
- big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, large, with child

Noun: heavy he-vee

An actor who plays villainous roles
A serious (or tragic) role in a play

Adverb: heavy he-vee

Slowly as if burdened by much weight
"time hung heavy on their hands";
- heavily