Definition of heavy

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Heavy (superl.) Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught..

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Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other liquors..
Dolly :: Dolly (n.) A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building..
Drowse :: Drowse (v. t.) To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid.
Race :: Race (v. i.) To run too fast at times, as a marine engine or screw, when the screw is lifted out of water by the action of a heavy sea..
Grosgrain :: Grosgrain (a.) Of a coarse texture; -- applied to silk with a heavy thread running crosswise.
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book..
Logged :: Logged (a.) Made slow and heavy in movement; water-logged.
Beam :: Beam (n.) A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; -- called also working beam or walking beam..
Roller :: Roller (n.) One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather..
Ram :: Ram (n.) A heavy steel or iron beak attached to the prow of a steam war vessel for piercing or cutting down the vessel of an enemy; also, a vessel carrying such a beak..
Thunder :: Thunder (n.) Fig.: To make a loud noise; esp. a heavy sound, of some continuance..
Trones :: Trones (n.) A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar. It is now mostly disused..
Maul :: Maul (v. t.) To beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel; to wound in a coarse manner.
Squab :: Squab (adv.) With a heavy fall; plump.
Hoplite :: Hoplite (n.) A heavy-armed infantry soldier.
Pound :: Pound (v. t.) To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.
Roll :: Roll (v. i.) To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise; as, the thunder rolls..
Bang :: Bang (n.) A blow as with a club; a heavy blow.
Impression :: Impression (n.) The pressure of the type on the paper, or the result of such pressure, as regards its appearance; as, a heavy impression; a clear, or a poor, impression; also, a single copy as the result of printing, or the whole edition printed at a given time..
Drop :: Drop (n.) A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages, coal wagons, etc., to a ship's deck..
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