a of comparatively great physical weight or density
a heavy load lead is a heavy metal heavy mahogany furniture
a unusually great in degree or quantity or number
heavy taxes a heavy fine heavy casualties heavy losses heavy rain heavy traffic
a 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
a 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
s usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
s (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated
s darkened by clouds
a heavy sky
a of great intensity or power or force
a heavy blow the fighting was heavy heavy seas
a (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
heavy hydrogen heavy water
s (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'
s permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
heavy fog
s of relatively large extent and density
a heavy line
s made of fabric having considerable thickness
a heavy coat
s prodigious
heavy investor
s full and loud and deep
heavy sounds
s given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
s of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
heavy matters of state
s slow and laborious because of weight
the heavy tread of tired troops
s large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
a heavy truck heavy machinery
s dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
a heavy pudding
s sharply inclined
a heavy grade
s full of; bearing great weight
trees heavy with fruit
s requiring or showing effort
heavy breathing
s characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
heavy work heavy going
s lacking lightness or liveliness
heavy humor
s (of sleep) deep and complete
a heavy sleep
s in an advanced stage of pregnancy
r slowly as if burdened by much weight
time hung heavy on their hands
To treat heavy menstrual bleeding, patients can use an interuterine device (IUD) coated with the hormone levonorgestrel, a type of progesterone.
Every molecule of pure "heavy water" contains two atoms of deuterium, which is hydrogen of the double-weight form identified in 1931 by Columbia's Harold Clayton Urey.
More energy from heavy oilAt first glance, it looks like any other oilfield, with acre upon acre of pumps rhythmically nodding up and down as they suck up the crude.
Heavy Rain Prompts Flood Watches Heavy rains are expected Thursday, prompting flood watches across the state.
June 12, 2013 - Hartford Courant
Heavy rainfall expected Thursday Heavy rainfall expected Thursday Times Union Copyright 2013 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 11:52 am, Wednesday, June 12, 2013 [...] on Thursday, lower temperatures and heavy rain will hit the region and continue into Friday, according to the National Weather Service. "An inch and a half to two and a half ...
June 12, 2013 - Albany Times Union
Heavy rains means flood watch Heavy rains means flood watch Times Union Copyright 2013 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 2:44 pm, Wednesday, June 12, 2013 The National Weather Service is warning about the potential flooding in Albany, Rensselaer, Schenectady and Columbia counties and a portion of Saratoga County south of Saratoga Springs ...
June 12, 2013 - Albany Times Union
Fidel Herrera in The Associated Press It is a fact we are going to get very heavy rains,said Gov. Fidel Herrera of the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.
Robert Gates in Chicago Tribune Untrained teenagers with heavy weapons,Gates told students and faculty at the Marine Corps War College. "Everybody in the room knows the consequences of that."