The meaning of Heavy

adjective

Complete and using as much effort as possible

Usage examples:

An all-out price war/trade war, an all-out bid/campaign/effort us trade officials are making an all…

adjective

Involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring.

Usage examples:

An arduous journey

adjective

Difficult and tiring, or needing a great deal of effort

Usage examples:

In those days, a trip to the west was an arduous journey.

adjective

Relating to astronomy.

Usage examples:

Astronomical observations

adjective

Of considerable size or extent.

Usage examples:

Her big hazel eyes

verb

Praise or recommend something highly.

Usage examples:

The record's been on the streets a while now, but it's still worth bigging up

noun

The major league in a professional sport.

Usage examples:

The day he made it to the bigs, he forgot every minor league ballpark he ever played in

adjective

Taking up much space; large and unwieldy.

Usage examples:

A bulky carrier bag

adjective

Too big and taking up too much space

Usage examples:

She carried a very bulky package on the bus.

adjective

Difficult to carry out or fulfil; taxing.

Usage examples:

The burdensome responsibilities of professional life

adjective

Causing difficulties or work

Usage examples:

A burdensome task

adjective

Extremely large or great.

Usage examples:

A colossal amount of mail

adjective

Wholly directed to one thing; intense.

Usage examples:

A concentrated campaign

verb

Focus all one's attention on a particular object or activity.

Usage examples:

She couldn't concentrate on the film

adjective

Using a lot of effort to succeed at one particular thing

Usage examples:

The company is making a concentrated effort to broaden its market., concentrated orange juice

adjective

Notably large in size, amount, or extent.

Usage examples:

A position of considerable influence

adjective

Very large or much

Usage examples:

He exhibited considerable skill in driving through the snowstorm., technology has advanced consider…

adjective

Abundant in supply or quantity.

Usage examples:

She took copious notes

adjective

In large amounts; more than enough

Usage examples:

She took copious notes, filling page after page.

adjective

(of a person) fat.

Usage examples:

A short, somewhat corpulent man

adjective

Fat

Usage examples:

A corpulent man

adjective

(of a task) requiring much skill or effort.

Usage examples:

She has a busy and demanding job

verb

Ask authoritatively or brusquely.

Usage examples:

‘where is she?’ he demanded

adjective

Needing a lot of attention, effort, or time

Usage examples:

I’m trying to learn english, and i find it very demanding.

adjective

Closely compacted in substance.

Usage examples:

As the storm cleared, a dense fog came down

adjective

Close together and difficult to go or see through; thick

Usage examples:

Dense fog, i had trouble getting through the dense crowd., there are some really dense people in ou…

adjective

Needing much effort or skill to accomplish, deal with, or understand.

Usage examples:

She had a difficult decision to make

adjective

Not easy or simple; hard to do or to understand

Usage examples:

It’s a difficult choice, but i’ve got to decide which job is better., he’s in a difficult situation…

adjective

Making great demands on one's skill, attention, or other resources.

Usage examples:

The exacting standards laid down by the organic food industry

verb

Demand and obtain (something) from someone.

Usage examples:

He exacted promises that another watergate would never be allowed to happen

adjective

Demanding a lot of effort, care, or attention

Usage examples:

All our aircraft meet exacting safety standards.

adjective

More than is necessary, normal, or desirable; immoderate.

Usage examples:

He was drinking excessive amounts of brandy

Beyond normal limits

adjective

Too much or too many

Usage examples:

Some property owners complained that they were being charged excessive fees., the directive will pr…

adjective

Making one feel very tired; very tiring.

Usage examples:

A long and exhausting journey

verb

Make (someone) feel very tired.

Usage examples:

Her day out had exhausted her

adjective

Making you feel extremely tired

Usage examples:

The pace of twelve-hour days, seven days a week proved exhausting.

noun

A natural oily substance occurring in animal bodies, especially when deposited as a layer under the skin or around certain organs.

Usage examples:

Whales and seals insulate themselves with layers of fat

adjective

(of a person or animal) having a large amount of excess flesh.

Usage examples:

The driver was a fat wheezing man

verb

Make or become fat.

Usage examples:

Numbers of black cattle are fatted here

verb

Cause (someone) to feel exhausted.

Usage examples:

They were fatigued by their journey

noun

Extreme tiredness resulting from mental or physical exertion or illness.

Usage examples:

He was nearly dead with fatigue

noun

Weakness in metal or other materials caused by repeated variations of stress.

Usage examples:

Metal fatigue

adjective

Having or displaying an intense or ferocious aggressiveness.

Usage examples:

Fierce fighting continued throughout the day

adverb

Very; extremely.

Usage examples:

He was fierce proud

adjective

Violent and forceful

Usage examples:

Fierce thunderstorms, the city had been under fierce attack., she’s a fierce critic of us policies.…

adjective

(of a person or part of the body) having a substantial amount of flesh; plump.

Usage examples:

Her fleshy arms

adjective

Having a lot of flesh

Usage examples:

He extended a broad, fleshy hand before him.

adjective

Strong and assertive; vigorous and powerful.

Usage examples:

She was a forceful personality

adjective

Expressing opinions strongly and demanding attention or action

Usage examples:

He developed a forceful, emotional preaching style., he argues his case forcefully.

adjective

(of something bad) very severe or serious.

Usage examples:

His death was a grievous blow

adjective

Having very serious effects or causing great pain

Usage examples:

It was a grievous head wound, and he was not expected to survive., he was grievously injured.

adjective

Extremely tiring and demanding.

Usage examples:

A gruelling schedule

adjective

Solid, firm, and rigid; not easily broken, bent, or pierced.

Usage examples:

The slate broke on the hard floor

adverb

With a great deal of effort.

Usage examples:

They work hard at school

noun

(of a consonant) pronounced as a velar plosive (as c in cat, g in go ).

adjective

Large and heavy.

Usage examples:

A hefty young chap

adjective

Large in amount or size

Usage examples:

A hefty fine/bonus, a hefty steak dinner, a hefty, pink-faced baby

adjective

Extremely large

Usage examples:

A hefty 15.9%/30%/54%, etc. one of the market's star performers announced a hefty $10bn share buyba…

adjective

Of or like hell.

Usage examples:

An unearthly, hellish landscape

adverb

Extremely (used for emphasis).

Usage examples:

It was hellish expensive

adjective

Very bad or unpleasant

Usage examples:

A hellish experience

adjective

(of a person or object) very large, heavy, or clumsy.

Usage examples:

A hulking young man

adjective

Large and heavy

Usage examples:

We were stopped by two hulking security guards., how do you expect me to lift that hulking great box?

adjective

Impossible to pass through or enter.

Usage examples:

A dark, impenetrable forest

adjective

Impossible to enter or go through

Usage examples:

An impenetrable jungle, too many scholarly books are written in an impenetrable jargon.

adjective

Of extreme force, degree, or strength.

Usage examples:

The job demands intense concentration

adjective

Extreme

Usage examples:

Intense heat/cold, a look of intense joy, an intense 13-week course, he was young and intense, and …

adjective

Concentrated on a single subject or into a short time; very thorough or vigorous.

Usage examples:

She undertook an intensive arabic course

noun

An intensive adjective, adverb, or particle; an intensifier.

Usage examples:

Particles are added, usually as completives and intensives, to two and three-syllable verbs of lati…

adjective

Needing or using great energy or effort

Usage examples:

We’re in the midst of intensive negotiations., an intensive workout, a month-long intensive course …

noun

An act of causing death, especially deliberately.

Usage examples:

The community was shocked by the brutal killings

adjective

Causing death.

Usage examples:

A killing disease

verb

Cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing).

Usage examples:

Her father was killed in a car crash

adjective

Making you feel very tired

Usage examples:

What a knackering day it's been!

adjective

Requiring considerable time and effort.

Usage examples:

Years of laborious training

adjective

Of considerable or relatively great size, extent, or capacity.

Usage examples:

Add a large clove of garlic

verb

Enjoy oneself in a lively way with drink or drugs and music.

Usage examples:

He's known in clubland for his capacity for larging it

adverb

Another term for free (sense 2 of the adverb).

adjective

Dull, heavy, or slow.

Usage examples:

His eyelids were leaden with sleep

adjective

Like lead in color or weight; gray or heavy

Usage examples:

They said goodbye under a leaden sky.

adjective

Large and heavy or solid.

Usage examples:

A massive rampart of stone

noun

A group of young people from a particular area with a common interest in dance music.

Usage examples:

The bristol massive

adjective

Very large in size, amount, or degree

Usage examples:

A massive building, he took massive doses of vitamin c., she died of a massive heart attack.

adjective

Possessing great and impressive power or strength, especially because of size.

Usage examples:

Three mighty industrial countries

adverb

Extremely.

Usage examples:

My ears got cold mighty fast

adjective

Very large, powerful, or important

Usage examples:

In the next game they will face the mighty patriots., the mighty river po, they offered to raise sa…

adjective

Capable of or intending to murder; dangerously violent.

Usage examples:

A brutal and murderous despot

adjective

Involving murder or violence

Usage examples:

The murderous reign of the emperor caligula

adjective

Dark and gloomy, especially due to thick mist.

Usage examples:

The sky was murky and a thin drizzle was falling

adjective

Dark or cloudy

Usage examples:

Murky waters, the movie has dumb characters and a murky plot (= it is difficult to understand).

adjective

Grossly fat or overweight.

Usage examples:

A hugely obese young man

adjective

Extremely fat

Usage examples:

Obesity and lack of exercise are bad for the heart.

adjective

(of a task or responsibility) involving a great deal of effort, trouble, or difficulty.

Usage examples:

He found his duties increasingly onerous

adjective

Causing great difficulty or trouble

Usage examples:

The tax bill was aimed at lifting the onerous tax burden from the backs of the middle class.

adjective

Not able to be seen through; not transparent.

Usage examples:

Bottles filled with a pale opaque liquid

noun

An opaque thing.

Usage examples:

To be honest, it's a relief when summer is over and we can get back into good old black opaques, wh…

adjective

(of a substance) preventing light from traveling through, and therefore not allowing you to see through it

Usage examples:

Opaque watercolors, the majority of readers found his poetry difficult, even opaque.

adjective

Above a weight considered normal or desirable.

Usage examples:

She was a stone overweight

noun

Excessive or extra weight.

Usage examples:

Surgical procedures for overweight

verb

Put too much weight on; overload.

Usage examples:

Try not to overweight the boxes

adjective

Having a large or protruding belly.

Usage examples:

A slightly paunchy, balding, middle-aged man

adjective

(especially of a man) having a fat stomach

Usage examples:

He is tall and a bit paunchy., she encourages even slightly paunchy patients to lose weight.

adjective

Relating to the body as opposed to the mind.

Usage examples:

A range of physical and mental challenges

noun

A medical examination to determine a person's bodily fitness.

Usage examples:

At fifty-something, each year's physical was a kind of lottery

adjective

Connected with the body

Usage examples:

Physical strength/disabilities, she tries to keep herself in good physical condition., the physical…

adjective

Having a full rounded shape.

Usage examples:

The berries were plump and sweet

verb

Shake or pat (a cushion or pillow) to adjust its stuffing and make it rounded and soft.

Usage examples:

She plumped up her pillows

noun

An abrupt plunge; a heavy fall.

Usage examples:

The wagon came into a deep hole, with such a plump

adjective

Slow and clumsy because of great weight.

Usage examples:

A swarthy, ponderous giant of a man

adjective

Slow and awkward because of being very heavy or large, or (esp. of speech or writing) boring and difficult

Usage examples:

A ponderous pace, ponderous dialogue

adjective

Having a stout body; somewhat fat (used especially of a man).

Usage examples:

A portly little man with a bowler hat

Fairly fat

adjective

Slightly fat

Usage examples:

A tall portly man

adjective

Having great power or strength.

Usage examples:

A fast, powerful car

adverb

Very.

Usage examples:

Walking is powerful hot work

adjective

Strong

Usage examples:

The picture quality is bad because the tv signal isn’t powerful enough., a powerful drug, he’s in a…

adjective

Unceasingly intense.

Usage examples:

The relentless heat of the desert

abbreviation

Second(s).

contraction

Is.

Usage examples:

It's raining

prefix

(used chiefly in oaths) god's.

Usage examples:

'sblood

adjective

(of something bad or undesirable) very great; intense.

Usage examples:

A severe shortage of technicians

adjective

Causing great pain, difficulty, damage, etc.; very serious

Usage examples:

A severe earthquake, the family faced severe challenges when he lost his job., severe criticism

adjective

(of an object) having an edge or point that is able to cut or pierce something.

Usage examples:

Cut the cake with a very sharp knife

adverb

Precisely (used after an expression of time).

Usage examples:

The meeting starts at 7.30 sharp

noun

A musical note raised a semitone above natural pitch.

Usage examples:

Choices in successive levels expand to all notes, then sharps and flats.

adjective

Fairly large.

Usage examples:

A sizeable proportion of the population

adjective

Large

Usage examples:

A sizeable amount/area/house

adjective

(of a person) clean, tidy, and well dressed.

Usage examples:

You look very smart

verb

(of a wound or part of the body) feel or cause a sharp stinging pain.

Usage examples:

Her legs were scratched and smarting

noun

Sharp stinging pain.

Usage examples:

The smart of the recent cuts

adjective

Relating to or affected by smog (= a mixture of harmful smoke, gases, and chemicals in the air)

Usage examples:

Mexico city is one of the world's smoggiest capitals., children who live in areas that are highly p…

adjective

Firm and stable in shape; not liquid or fluid.

Usage examples:

The stream was frozen solid

noun

A substance or object that is solid rather than liquid or fluid.

Usage examples:

I was reminded of high school physics where we learned that solids conduct sound better than both l…

adjective

Having a fixed shape that cannot be changed easily

Usage examples:

After flying all night, he was glad to be on solid ground., solid rock, a solid oak table, solid go…

adjective

Having the appearance or consistency of soup.

Usage examples:

A soupy stew

adjective

Slightly thick and wet, like soup

Usage examples:

Add the milk to the sauce in batches and stir, stopping before it gets too soupy., it was okay i su…

adjective

(of a slope, flight of stairs, or angle) rising or falling sharply; almost perpendicular.

Usage examples:

She pushed the bike up the steep hill

noun

A steep mountain slope.

Usage examples:

Hair-raising steeps

verb

Soak (food or tea) in water or other liquid so as to extract its flavour or to soften it.

Usage examples:

The chillies are steeped in olive oil

adjective

Not easily bent or changed in shape; rigid.

Usage examples:

A stiff black collar

noun

A dead body.

Usage examples:

When the bodies of various stiffs start disappearing from the local morgue, the police are baffled …

verb

Cheat (someone) out of something, especially money.

Usage examples:

Several workers were stiffed out of their pay

adjective

Broad and sturdily built.

Usage examples:

He had a short, stocky body

adjective

(esp. of a man) wide and strong-looking

Usage examples:

He was shorter and stockier than i expected.

adjective

(of a person) rather fat or of heavy build.

Usage examples:

Stout middle-aged men

noun

A kind of strong, dark beer brewed with roasted malt or barley.

Usage examples:

There is a tradition in england of drinking stout while eating oysters

adjective

(of people) fat and solid-looking, esp. around the waist, or (of things) thick and strong

Usage examples:

He was seen as a pleasant man – short, a bit stout and balding, with a radiant smile., there is muc…

adjective

Requiring or using great effort or exertion.

Usage examples:

The government made strenuous efforts to upgrade the quality of the teaching profession

adjective

Needing or using a lot of effort or energy

Usage examples:

I think football is much more strenuous than baseball., he strenuously denies that he is guilty.

adjective

Having the power to move heavy weights or perform other physically demanding tasks.

Usage examples:

She cut through the water with her strong arms

adjective

Physically powerful or energetic

Usage examples:

You must be strong to be able to lift all that weight., i feel a little stronger every day., strong…

adjective

An activity or industry that is strong is growing and becoming more successful

Usage examples:

Economic news has been better than expected, with retail sales remaining strong., worldwide sales b…

adjective

Of considerable importance, size, or worth.

Usage examples:

A substantial amount of cash

adjective

Large in size, value, or importance

Usage examples:

He took a substantial amount of money., they do a substantial portion of their business by phone.

adjective

Large in size, value, or importance

Usage examples:

Substantial benefits/costs/investment, a substantial amount/number/portion of sth banks make a subs…

verb

Be full of or swarming with.

Usage examples:

Every garden is teeming with wildlife

verb

(of water, especially rain) pour down; fall heavily.

Usage examples:

With the rain teeming down at the manor, italy seemed a long way off

adjective

Full of people or things; crowded.

Usage examples:

She walked through the teeming streets

adjective

With opposite sides or surfaces that are far or relatively far apart.

Usage examples:

Thick slices of bread

noun

The most active or crowded part of something.

Usage examples:

We were in the thick of the battle

adverb

In or with deep, dense, or heavy mass.

Usage examples:

Bread spread thick with butter

adjective

Arranged neatly and in order.

Usage examples:

His scrupulously tidy apartment

noun

An act or spell of tidying something.

Usage examples:

She's coming to give his house its saturday morning tidy

verb

Bring order to (something); arrange neatly.

Usage examples:

The boys have finally tidied their bedroom

adjective

Causing one to need rest or sleep; fatiguing.

Usage examples:

It had been a tiring day

verb

Feel or cause to feel in need of rest or sleep.

Usage examples:

Soon the ascent grew steeper and he began to tire

adjective

Causing you to feel you have no energy

Usage examples:

Dad had a tiring day at work.

adjective

Involving hard or tedious work.

Usage examples:

Toilsome chores

adjective

Involving hard or difficult work, or great effort

Usage examples:

The ascent was long and toilsome over the mountain.

adjective

(of rain) falling rapidly and in copious quantities.

Usage examples:

A torrential downpour

adjective

Used to refer to very heavy rain

Usage examples:

Torrential rain, a torrential downpour/storm

adjective

(of a substance or object) strong enough to withstand adverse conditions or rough handling.

Usage examples:

Tough rucksacks for climbers

noun

A rough and violent man.

Usage examples:

A gang of toughs

verb

Endure a period of hardship or difficulty.

adjective

Very great in amount, scale, or intensity.

Usage examples:

Penny put in a tremendous amount of time

adjective

Great in amount, size, or degree; extremely large

Usage examples:

She is under tremendous pressure at work., a tremendous book/concert/athlete

adjective

Strong, healthy, and full of energy.

Usage examples:

A tall, vigorous, and muscular man

adjective

Very forceful or energetic

Usage examples:

A vigorous debate, there has been vigorous opposition to the proposals for a new road., he takes pl…

adjective

Using or involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.

Usage examples:

A violent confrontation with riot police

adjective

Using or involving force to hurt or attack

Usage examples:

Violent crime, the police are concerned about the possibility of violent behavior at the demonstrat…

adjective

Causing tiredness; tiring.

Usage examples:

A long, wearying journey

verb

Cause to become tired.

Usage examples:

She was wearied by her persistent cough

adjective

Making you feel tired

Usage examples:

A long wearying journey

adjective

Weighing a great deal; heavy.

Usage examples:

A weighty tome

adjective

Important and serious

Usage examples:

They discussed weighty topics like arms control, the middle east, and the federal budget deficit.