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'heavier'

[heavy.a.01] as in: of comparatively great physical weight or density

Examples:
a heavy load
lead is a heavy metal
heavy mahogany furniture

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[heavy.a.02] as in: unusually great in degree or quantity or number

Examples:
heavy taxes
a heavy fine
heavy casualties
heavy losses
heavy rain
heavy traffic

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[heavy.a.03] as in: of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment

Examples:
heavy artillery
heavy infantry
a heavy cruiser
heavy guns
heavy industry involves large-scale production of basic products (such as steel) used by other industries

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[heavy.a.04] as in: marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness

Examples:
a heavy heart
a heavy schedule
heavy news
a heavy silence
heavy eyelids

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[fleshy.s.01] as in: usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

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[clayey.s.01] as in: (used of soil) compact and fine-grained

Examples:
the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated

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[heavy.s.03] as in: darkened by clouds

Examples:
a heavy sky

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[heavy.a.08] as in: of great intensity or power or force

Examples:
a heavy blow
the fighting was heavy
heavy seas

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[heavy.a.09] as in: (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight

Examples:
heavy hydrogen
heavy water

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[heavy.s.04] as in: (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain

Examples:
Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'

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[dense.s.01] as in: permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter

Examples:
dense smoke
heavy fog
impenetrable gloom

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[heavy.s.06] as in: of relatively large extent and density

Examples:
a heavy line

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[heavy.s.07] as in: made of fabric having considerable thickness

Examples:
a heavy coat

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[big.s.05] as in: prodigious

Examples:
big spender
big eater
heavy investor

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[heavy.s.09] as in: full and loud and deep

Examples:
heavy sounds
a herald chosen for his sonorous voice

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[intemperate.s.01] as in: given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors

Examples:
a hard drinker

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[grave.s.03] as in: of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought

Examples:
grave responsibilities
faced a grave decision in a time of crisis
a grievous fault
heavy matters of state
the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference

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[heavy.s.12] as in: slow and laborious because of weight

Examples:
the heavy tread of tired troops
moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot
ponderous prehistoric beasts
a ponderous yawn

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[heavy.s.13] as in: large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work

Examples:
a heavy truck
heavy machinery

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[heavy.s.14] as in: dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal

Examples:
a heavy pudding

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[heavy.s.15] as in: sharply inclined

Examples:
a heavy grade

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[heavy.s.16] as in: full of; bearing great weight

Examples:
trees heavy with fruit
vines weighed down with grapes

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[heavy.s.17] as in: requiring or showing effort

Examples:
heavy breathing
the subject made for labored reading

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[arduous.s.01] as in: characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

Examples:
worked their arduous way up the mining valley
a grueling campaign
hard labor
heavy work
heavy going
spent many laborious hours on the project
set a punishing pace

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[heavy.s.19] as in: lacking lightness or liveliness

Examples:
heavy humor
a leaden conversation

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[heavy.s.20] as in: (of sleep) deep and complete

Examples:
a heavy sleep
fell into a profound sleep
a sound sleeper
deep wakeless sleep

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[big.s.12] as in: in an advanced stage of pregnancy

Examples:
was big with child
was great with child