heavy
of comparatively great physical weight or density
How often you will meet it
Rank 611 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 31,532 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.015% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- of comparatively great physical weight or density a heavy loadlead is a heavy metal
- unusually great in degree or quantity or number heavy taxesa heavy fine
- of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment heavy artilleryheavy infantry
- marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness a heavy hearta heavy schedule
- usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it also: fleshy, overweight
- (used of soil) compact and fine-grained also: clayey, cloggy the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated
heavy in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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She clambered down with her heavy bag and nodded back.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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Ethan stood before the door, his head heavy with dreams, his arm still about Mattie.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
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He was kept under heavy guard at Hope last night, and later on confessed the crime.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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His mother, however, knew well that his success would only result in dreadful yawns and heavy eyes.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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Mrs. Wiggs's heart was heavy, one night, as she tramped home through the snow after a hard day's work.
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch · Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice · Chapter 1