heavy
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Noun
1. an actor who plays villainous roles
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2. a serious (or tragic) role in a play
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Adjective
1. of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogony furniture"
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2. unusually great in degree or quantity or number; "heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic"
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3. 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"
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4. having or suggesting a viscous consistency; "heavy cream"
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5. wide from side to side; "a heavy black mark"
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6. 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"
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7. usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
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8. (used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"
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9. darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"
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10. of great intensity or power or force; "a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas"
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11. (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight; "heavy hydrogen"; "heavy water"
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12. (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'"
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13. permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"
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14. made of fabric having considerable thickness; "a heavy coat"
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15. of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker"
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16. prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor"
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17. used of syllables or musical beats
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18. full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice"
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19. 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"
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20. 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"
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21. large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work; "a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery"
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22. dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; "a heavy pudding"
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23. sharply inclined; "a heavy grade"
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24. full of; bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes"
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25. requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading"
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26. 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 punishing pace"
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27. lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation"
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28. (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
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29. in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child"
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Adverb
1. slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on their hands"
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