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- n an actor who plays villainous roles
- n a serious (or tragic) role in a play
- a of comparatively great physical weight or density
a heavy load
lead is a heavy metal
heavy mahogany 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 as steel) used by other industries - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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
heavy fog - s of relatively large extent and density
a heavy line - s made of fabric having considerable thickness
a heavy coat - s prodigious
heavy investor - s full and loud and deep
heavy sounds - s given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- s of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
heavy matters of state - s slow and laborious because of weight
the heavy tread of tired troops - 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 - s requiring or showing effort
heavy breathing - s characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
heavy work
heavy going - s lacking lightness or liveliness
heavy humor - s (of sleep) deep and complete
a heavy sleep - s in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- r slowly as if burdened by much weight
time hung heavy on their hands
- To treat heavy menstrual bleeding, patients can use an interuterine device (IUD) coated with the hormone levonorgestrel, a type of progesterone.
- Every molecule of pure "heavy water" contains two atoms of deuterium, which is hydrogen of the double-weight form identified in 1931 by Columbia's Harold Clayton Urey.
- More energy from heavy oilAt first glance, it looks like any other oilfield, with acre upon acre of pumps rhythmically nodding up and down as they suck up the crude.