heavy

1. heavy (adj) — sense 1

Definition: Having great weight.

Example: Can you help me carry this? It's really heavy.

2. heavy (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Having great weight.: Heavyset: overweight.

Example: When he was a child he was rather heavy, but today he is impressively fit.

3. heavy (adj) — sense 3

Definition: Serious, somber.

Example: "We're still in an existential-stakes war with the Pa'anuri, and possibly with our own destructive tendencies." ' "Sorry. That was pretty heavy for someone who just woke up." "Oh, I'm fine. Waking up alive has ALWAYS meant spending the day trying not to be dead."

4. heavy (adv) — sense 4

Definition: In a heavy manner; weightily; heavily; gravely.

Example: Heavy-laden with their sins, time hung heavy

5. heavy (adv) — sense 5

Definition: To a great degree; greatly.

Example: Olive: What was it - booze? Barney: Yeh. Been hitting it pretty heavy.

6. heavy (adv) — sense 6

Definition: very

7. heavy (noun) — sense 7

Definition: 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.

8. heavy (noun) — sense 8

Definition: A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.

Example: A fight started outside the bar but the heavies came out and stopped it.

9. heavy (noun) — sense 9

Definition: A prominent figure; a "major player".

Example: A collection of topical themes and love songs, featuring session work by women's music "heavies" Holly Near, Mary Watkins, Linda Tillery, Robin Flower, and others.

10. heavy (verb) — sense 10

Definition: To make heavier.

Example: They piled their goods on the donkey's back, heavying up an already backbreaking load.

11. heavy (verb) — sense 11

Definition: To sadden.

12. heavy (verb) — sense 12

Definition: To use power 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.