heavy meaning
EN
[ˈhɛvi] [-ɛvi] 
US WHeavy
- Heavy may refer to:
- A concept of weight
- NounPLheavysPLheaviesSUF-y
- A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
- With his wrinkled, uneven face, the actor always seemed to play the heavy in films.
- (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
- A fight started outside the bar but the heavies came out and stopped it.
- (aviation) A large multi-engined aircraft.
- The term heavy normally follows the call-sign when used by air traffic controllers.
- A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
- VerbSGheaviesPRheavyingPT, PPheavied
- AdjectiveCOMheavierCOMmore heavySUPheaviestSUPmost heavy
- (of a physical object) Having great weight.
- Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. [ …] A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.
- (of a topic) Serious, somber.
- Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
- heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.
- (Britain, slang, dated) Good.
- This film is heavy.
- (dated, late 1960s, 1970s, US) Profound.
- The Moody Blues are, like, heavy.
- (of a rate of flow) High, great.
- (slang) Armed.
- Come heavy, or not at all.
- (music) Louder, more distorted.
- Metal is heavier than swing.
- (of weather) Hot and humid.
- (of a person) Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
- 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.
- Cheese-stuffed sausage is too heavy to eat before exercising.
- Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
- Laden to a great extent.
- 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.
- a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, etc.
- a heavy writer or book
- Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
- a heavy road; a heavy soil
- Not raised or leavened.
- heavy bread
- Having much body or strength; said of wines or spirits.
- (obsolete) With child; pregnant.
- Having the heaves.
- a heavy horse
- (of a physical object) Having great weight.
- AdverbCOMheavierCOMmore heavySUPheaviestSUPmost heavy
- heavily.
- heavy laden with their sins
- (India, colloquial) very.
- heavily.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- If something that heavy landed on him, he'd be squished flat as a pancake.
- The heavy rains threatened to surpass the capabilities of the levee, endangering the town on the other side.
- The Ski Club of Great Britain is forecasting fluctuating and heavy snowfalls of the kind that could make for an unstable, potentially dangerous snowbase.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Heavy smoking and drinking will take its toll on a person's health.
- Heavy demand for the Web page brought the server to its knees.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of heavy in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
- Morphemes
- Suffixes
- Words by suffix
- Words suffixed with -y
- Words suffixed with -y
- Words by suffix
- Suffixes
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Adjectives
- en heavy-hearted
- en heavyweight
- en heavy-handed
- en heavys
- en heavying
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "heavy" is an adjective. It's also an adverb. It's also a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb.