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      heavy
      noun
      (slang) A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
      (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
      A prominent figure; a "major player".
      (journalism, slang, chiefly in the plural) A newspaper of the quality press.
      (aviation) A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.
      (theater, archaic, slang) A serious theatrical role.
      (military, historical) A member of the heavy cavalry.
      verb
      (often with "up") To make heavier.
      To sadden.
      (Australia, New Zealand, informal) To use power or wealth to exert influence on, e.g., governments or corporations; to pressure.
      adjective
      (of any physical thing) Having great weight.
      (of a person) Heavyset: overweight.
      (of a topic) Serious, somber.
      Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
      (of a rate of flow) High, great.
      (slang) Armed.
      (of music) Loud, distorted, or intense.
      (of weather) Hot and humid.
      (of a person) Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
      (of the eyes) With eyelids difficult to keep open due to tiredness.
      (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
      Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
      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.
      Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
      Not raised or leavened.
      (of wines or spirits) Having much body or strength.
      (physics) Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one.
      (oil industry) Of petroleum, having high viscosity.
      (finance) Of a market: in which the price of shares is declining.
      (nautical, military) Heavily-armed.
      (aviation, of an aircraft) Having a relatively high takeoff weight and payload.
      Having a maximum takeoff weight exceeding 300,000 tons, as almost all widebodies do, generating high wake turbulence.
      Having the heaves.
      (British, slang, dated) Good.
      (dated, late 1960s, 1970s, US) Profound.
      (obsolete) With child; pregnant.
      adverb
      In a heavy manner; weightily; heavily; gravely.
      (India, colloquial) very
      (colloquial, nonstandard) To a great degree; greatly.
      Synonyms for heavy
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      Words related to heavy
      wakelessadjheavinessnbulkilyadvsuperloadnweightinessnponderousnessnheftnsuperheavyadjintemperateadjmassivenessnclayeyadjheftinessnonerousnessn

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