adj.
1.of comparatively great physical weight or density
2.unusually great in degree or quantity or number
3.of the military or industry
4.having or suggesting a viscous consistency
5.wide from side to side
6.marked by great psychological weight
7.usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
8.(used of soil) compact and fine-grained
9.darkened by clouds 10.of great intensity or power or force 11.(physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight 12.(of an actor or role) being or playing the villain 13.permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter 14.made of fabric having considerable thickness 15.of a drinker or drinking 16.prodigious 17.used of syllables or musical beats 18.full and loud and deep 19.of great gravity or crucial import 20.slow and laborious because of weight 21.large and powerful 22.dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal 23.sharply inclined 24.full of 25.requiring or showing effort 26.characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion 27.lacking lightness or liveliness 28.(of sleep) deep and complete 29.in an advanced stage of pregnancy heavy adv.
1.slowly as if burdened by much weight heavy n.
1.an actor who plays villainous roles
2.a serious (or tragic) role in a play
Idiom of the Day
tie down (someone) or tie (someone) down
to keep someone from going somewhere or doing something, to limit or restrict someone's freedom to do something
The project tied my father down for three months. A family and a big mortgage tied the man down.
