(used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated";
(of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep";
lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation";
characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a;
requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading";
usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it;
full of; bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes";
sharply inclined; "a heavy grade";
dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; "a heavy pudding";
of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogony furniture";
large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work; "a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery";
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";
unusually great in degree or quantity or number; "heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic";
(physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight; "heavy hydrogen"; "heavy water";
of great intensity or power or force; "a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas";
slow and laborious because of weight; "the heavy tread of tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"; "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn";
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 a;
of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference";
full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice";
used of syllables or musical beats;
of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker";
made of fabric having considerable thickness; "a heavy coat";
permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom";
having or suggesting a viscous consistency; "heavy cream";
(of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello''";
wide from side to side; "a heavy black mark";
slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on their hands";
