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Look up: heavy

  1. heavy
    [adj] - wide from side to side 2. [adj] - (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain 3. [adj] - having or suggesting a viscous consistency 4. [adj] - made of fabric having considerable thickness 5. [adj] - full and loud and deep 6. [adj] - of the military or industry 7. [adj] - slow and laborious because of weight 8. [adj] - of great intensity or power or force 9. [adj] - (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight 10. [adj] - unusually great in degree or quantity or number 11. [adj] - marked by great psychological weight 12. [adj] - large and powerful 13. [adj] - of comparatively great physical weight or density 14. [adj] - dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal 15. [adj] - sharply inclined 16. [adj] - full of 17. [adj] - requiring or showing effort 18. [adj] - lacking lightness or liveliness 19. [adj] - (of sleep) deep and complete 20. [adj] - darkened by clouds 21. [adv] - slowly as if burdened by much weight 22. [n] - an actor who plays villainous roles 23. [n] - a serious (or tragic) role in a play
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Heavy
    Wine lacking in finesse, strong in alcohol and tannins
    Found on http://www.hintsandthings.co.uk/livingro

  3. heavy
    unpleasant character of a wine with a very high alcohol content,and rich in colour and extract Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Heavy
    Heav'y adjective Having the heaves.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/25

  5. Heavy
    Heav'y adjective [ Compar. Heavier ; superl. Heaviest .] [ Middle English hevi , Anglo-Saxon hefig , from hebban to lift, heave; akin to Old High German hebig , hevig , Icelandic höfigr , höfugr . See Heave .] 1. Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; pondero ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/25

  6. Heavy
    Heav'y adverb Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; as, heavy -laden.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/25

  7. Heavy
    Heav'y transitive verb To make heavy. [ Obsolete] Wyclif.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/25

  8. heavy
    1. Heaved or lifted with labour; 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. ... 2. Not easy to bear; burdenso ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. heavy
    leaden adjective lacking lightness or liveliness; `heavy humor`; `a leaden conversation`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. heavy
    lowering adjective darkened by clouds; `a heavy sky`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  11. heavy
    lumbering adjective slow and laborious because of weight; `the heavy tread of tired troops`; `moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot`; `ponderous prehistoric beasts`; `a ponderous yawn`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  12. heavy
    profound adjective (of sleep) deep and complete; `a heavy sleep`; `fell into a profound sleep`; `a sound sleeper`; `deep wakeless sleep`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. heavy
    sonorous adjective full and loud and deep; `heavy sounds`; `a herald chosen for his sonorous voice`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. heavy
    weighed down adjective full of; bearing great weight; `trees heavy with fruit`; `vines weighed down with grapes`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. heavy
    adjective sharply inclined; `a heavy grade`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  16. heavy
    adjective dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; `a heavy pudding`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  17. heavy
    adjective large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work; `a heavy truck`; `heavy machinery`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  18. heavy
    adjective made of fabric having considerable thickness; `a heavy coat`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  19. heavy
    adjective (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; `Iago is the heavy role in `Othello``
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  20. heavy
    adverb slowly as if burdened by much weight; `time hung heavy on their hands`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  21. heavy
    noun a serious (or tragic) role in a play
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  22. heavy
    laboured adjective requiring or showing effort; `heavy breathing`; `the subject made for labored reading`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  23. Heavy
    `Heavy` is a a concept of weight, but may also refer to: * `Heavy` (movie), a 1995 film * `Heavy` (album)`, the first album by the band Iron Butterfly * `Heavy` (Swollen Members album), a 2003 album by Swollen Members * `Heavy` (House episode), an episode of the television series `House` * `Heavy` (aviation), a term used by pilots and air-traffic controllers * `Heavy`, a song by Collective Soul from the album `Dosage` * A type of strength of Scot...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy

  24. Heavy
    An equities market now dominated by sellers, or oversupply, resulting in falling prices. See: Overbought, resistance level, tired.
    Found on http://www.duke.edu/~charvey/Classes/wpg

  25. Heavy
    • (adv.) Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden. • (superl.) Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc. • (superl.) Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; -- said of f...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning


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10 November 2009

This day in history:
On 10 November 1871, David Livingstone, missionary and explorer was `found` by New York Herald reporter Henry Morton Stanley, who greeted him with the famous words `Dr Livingstone, I presume`. Between November 1853 and May 1856 David Livingstone completed a remarkable coast-to-coast journey from Luanda in the west to the mouth of the Zambezi River in the east. It was an epic trip of 4,300 miles and Livingstone became the first European to complete it. Along the way he had discovered a giant waterfall called ‘Mosi-oa-tunya’ (the smoke that thunders). Livingstone named it Victoria Falls after the British monarch. read more

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