heavy: Information About The Word 'heavy'

heavy is an acceptable dictionary word for games like scrabble, words with friends, crossword, etc.

The word 'heavy' is made up of 5 letters.

• (a) of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogony 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 a
• (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"
• (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"
• (n) an actor who plays villainous roles
• (n) a serious (or tragic) role in a play
• (r) slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on their hands"
• (s) having or suggesting a viscous consistency; "heavy cream"
• (s) wide from side to side; "a heavy black mark"
• (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"
• (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; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"
• (s) made of fabric having considerable thickness; "a heavy coat"
• (s) of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker"
• (s) used of syllables or musical beats
• (s) full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice"
• (s) 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"
• (s) 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"
• (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"; "vines weighed down with grapes"
• (s) requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading"
• (s) 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
• (s) lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation"
• (s) (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"

Using the word 'heavy' in Scrabble will fetch you 14 points while using it in Words with Friends will fetch you 13 points (without taking into consideration the effect of any multipliers).

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