heavy
Because it is a word with a single syllable, heavy is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofheavy
- A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
Example: "With his wrinkled, uneven face, the actor always seemed to play the heavy in films."
- A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
Example: "A fight started outside the bar but the heavies came out and stopped it."
- A large multi-engined aircraft. (The term heavy normally follows the call-sign when used by air traffic controllers.)
- (often with "up") To make heavier.
- To sadden.
- To use power and/or wealth to exert influence on, e.g., governments or corporations; to pressure.
Example: "The union was well known for the methods it used to heavy many businesses."
- (of a physical object) Having great weight.
- (of a topic) Serious, somber.
- Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
Example: "heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc."
- Good.
Example: "This film is heavy."
- (late 1960s, 1970s) Profound.
Example: "The Moody Blues are, like, heavy."
- (of a rate of flow) High, great.
- Armed.
Example: "Come heavy, or not at all."
- Louder, more distorted.
Example: "Metal is heavier than swing."
- (of weather) Hot and humid.
- (of a person) Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
Example: "He was a heavy sleeper, a heavy eater and a heavy smoker – certainly not an ideal husband."
- (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
Example: "Cheese-stuffed sausage is too heavy to eat before exercising."
- Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
Example: "it was a heavy storm; a heavy slumber in bed; a heavy punch"
- Laden to a great extent.
Example: "his eyes were heavy with sleep; she was heavy with child"
- Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.
- Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
Example: "a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, etc."
- Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
Example: "a heavy road; a heavy soil"
- Not raised or leavened.
Example: "heavy bread"
- (of wines or spirits) Having much body or strength.
- With child; pregnant.
- Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one
- (petroleum) with high viscosity
- In a heavy manner; weightily; heavily; gravely.
Example: "heavy laden with their sins"
- To a great degree; greatly.
- Very
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