Definition (noun) an actor who plays villainous roles
Definition (noun) a serious (or tragic) role in a play
Definition (adj) of comparatively great physical weight or density
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a heavy load
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lead is a heavy metal
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heavy mahogany furniture
Definition (adj) unusually great in degree or quantity or number
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heavy taxes
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a heavy fine
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heavy casualties
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heavy losses
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heavy rain
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heavy traffic
Definition (adj) of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
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heavy artillery
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heavy infantry
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a heavy cruiser
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heavy guns
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heavy industry involves large-scale production of basic products (such as steel) used by other industries
Definition (adj) marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
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a heavy heart
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a heavy schedule
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heavy news
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a heavy silence
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heavy eyelids
Definition (adj) usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
Definition (adj) (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
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the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated
Definition (adj) darkened by clouds
Definition (adj) of great intensity or power or force
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a heavy blow
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the fighting was heavy
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heavy seas
Definition (adj) (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
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heavy hydrogen
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heavy water
Definition (adj) (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
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Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'
Definition (adj) permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
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dense smoke
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heavy fog
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impenetrable gloom
Definition (adj) of relatively large extent and density
Definition (adj) made of fabric having considerable thickness
Definition (adj) prodigious
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big spender
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big eater
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heavy investor
Definition (adj) full and loud and deep
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heavy sounds
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a herald chosen for his sonorous voice
Definition (adj) given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
Definition (adj) of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
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grave responsibilities
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faced a grave decision in a time of crisis
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a grievous fault
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heavy matters of state
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the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference
Definition (adj) slow and laborious because of weight
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the heavy tread of tired troops
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moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot
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ponderous prehistoric beasts
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a ponderous yawn
Definition (adj) large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
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a heavy truck
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heavy machinery
Definition (adj) dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
Definition (adj) sharply inclined
Definition (adj) full of; bearing great weight
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trees heavy with fruit
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vines weighed down with grapes
Definition (adj) requiring or showing effort
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heavy breathing
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the subject made for labored reading
Definition (adj) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
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worked their arduous way up the mining valley
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a grueling campaign
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hard labor
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heavy work
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heavy going
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spent many laborious hours on the project
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set a punishing pace
Definition (adj) lacking lightness or liveliness
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heavy humor
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a leaden conversation
Definition (adj) (of sleep) deep and complete
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a heavy sleep
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fell into a profound sleep
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a sound sleeper
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deep wakeless sleep
Definition (adj) in an advanced stage of pregnancy
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was big with child
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was great with child
Definition (adv) slowly as if burdened by much weight
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time hung heavy on their hands