Word Finder - heavy

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A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.

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With his wrinkled, uneven face, the actor always seemed to play the heavy in films.

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A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.

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A fight started outside the bar but the heavies came out and stopped it.

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A large multi-engined aircraft. (The term heavy normally follows the call-sign when used by air traffic controllers.)

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(often with "up") To make heavier.

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To sadden.

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To use power and/or wealth to exert influence on, e.g., governments or corporations; to pressure.

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The union was well known for the methods it used to heavy many businesses.

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(of a physical object) Having great weight.

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(of a topic) Serious, somber.

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Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.

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heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.

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Good.

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This film is heavy.

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(late 1960s, 1970s) Profound.

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The Moody Blues are, like, heavy.

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(of a rate of flow) High, great.

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Armed.

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Come heavy, or not at all.

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Louder, more distorted.

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Metal is heavier than swing.

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(of weather) Hot and humid.

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(of a person) Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.

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He was a heavy sleeper, a heavy eater and a heavy smoker – certainly not an ideal husband.

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(of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.

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Cheese-stuffed sausage is too heavy to eat before exercising.

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Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.

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it was a heavy storm;  a heavy slumber in bed;  a heavy punch

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Laden to a great extent.

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his eyes were heavy with sleep;  she was heavy with child

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Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.

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Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.

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a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, etc.

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Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.

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a heavy road; a heavy soil

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Not raised or leavened.

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heavy bread

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(of wines or spirits) Having much body or strength.

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With child; pregnant.

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Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one

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(petroleum) with high viscosity

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In a heavy manner; weightily; heavily; gravely.

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heavy laden with their sins

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To a great degree; greatly.

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Very

The suitcase didn't seem that heavy at the time.

He could hear its heavy breathing.

The snow was coming down in big heavy flakes now.

The heavy wagons pushed on.

His clothing was thick and heavy this night, as if he expected to be standing outside her window until dawn.

In the hilly city of Fayetteville, that was a threat during any heavy rain.

I lifted the heavy wood beam that crossed their door, securing it.

This feat pleased me highly, as his body was very heavy, and it took all my strength to drag him half a mile.

Five minutes later Princess Mary from her room heard something heavy being carried by.

The walls were bare, the curtains drawn even during daylight, and the heavy wooden furniture solid and worn.

The portal was framed in heavy timber.

Heavy night dews alone refreshed the earth.

I was fumbling with the window when I heard heavy footsteps move close to my door.

The other side of her face displayed facial features that were heavy rather than feminine, resembling her father's.

She tested her body, dismayed when her limbs felt too heavy to lift.

She opened the heavy wooden door and stepped into an open-air hallway.

The heavy Caribbean air rustled the pages of the Oracle's book.

But 'gazillion' is a bit heavy.

He rode hurriedly from the battlefield and returned to the Shevardino knoll, where he sat on his campstool, his sallow face swollen and heavy, his eyes dim, his nose red, and his voice hoarse, involuntarily listening, with downcast eyes, to the sounds of firing.

You don't need to be carrying heavy things and getting out in this weather.

On the rug-covered bench where Pierre had seen him in the morning sat Kutuzov, his gray head hanging, his heavy body relaxed.

Pierre felt as if he had come back to life after a heavy swoon.

The heavy Caribbean air of the Sanctuary was warm and fragrant with the scent of the sea.

The drought of 1898 was interrupted by copious rains in June, and these falling on a warm soil led to a rapid growth of grass and, as measured by yield per acre, an exceedingly heavy crop of hay.

Prince Andrew's regiment was among the reserves which till after one o'clock were stationed inactive behind Semenovsk, under heavy artillery fire.

They abandoned one another, abandoned all their heavy baggage, their artillery, and half their men, and fled, getting past the Russians by night by making semicircles to the right.

Daniela's voice was heavy with disapproval.

In British practice the chains consist of three links, and are of such a length that when fully extended there is a space of a few inches between opposing buffers; this slack facilitates the starting of a heavy train, since the engine is able to start the wagons one by one and the weight of the train is not thrown on it all at once.

Despite, however, its heavy foreign admixture the old Americanism of the city remains strikingly predominant.

Hotels and villas were built in the new part of the town that sprang up outside the picturesque walled fortress, and there is quite a contrast between the part inside the heavy, half-ruined ramparts, with its narrow, steep streets and curious gable-roofed houses, its fine old church and castle and its massive town hall, and the new suburbs and fishermen's quarter facing the estuary of the Bidassoa.

Won over by the surrender of Cherbourg in July 1378, the English under John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, came to his aid; but a heavy price had to be paid for the neutrality of the king of Castile.

Both breeds were large and heavy, with pendulous ears and thick throats with dewlaps.

The refusal to pay tithes and other ecclesiastical demands led to continuous and heavy distraints, under the various laws made in that behalf.

It was the heavy tread of Princess Mary that he heard.

All were silent, and the only sound audible was the heavy breathing of the panting old general.

At times a sort of mist descended, and then suddenly heavy slanting rain came down.

For the active person, finding health-conscious a restaurant is a great benefit since eating heavy, fatty foods can make it difficult for your body to handle strenuous activity.

Another was hunch-backed and dressed in heavy robes despite the heat of the day, and a third man barely taller than her had white irises and silvering hair.

His gaze was just as intense, his brow low, but his features not as heavy as A'Ran's.

He recalled his mother, her heavy features nonetheless made beautiful by her radiant smile as she swung a waist-high Talal around.

Her hands shook as she gripped the heavy stone dagger, and she leaned against the fountain.

Most days were blessed by a sun that warmed you enough that a couple of heavy sweaters were more than adequate outer wear.

Dean never ceased to marvel at the difference of high mountain snow from the heavy, wet precipitation of the East and the endless problems it caused with man and auto.

The heavy thump of footsteps on the stairs interrupted their conversation.

The rising winter sun made the heavy clothing almost unnecessary.

He fingered a heavy strap attached to the head.

He reached in his vehicle and tossed her a heavy coat, but said nothing to her.

The snow was hard-packed from heavy use but the walking was not difficult.

It's her word the guy is the heavy.

It was still snowing - huge flakes that lit softly on the heavy blanket of snow on the ground.