Found 2 items, similar to heavier.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: heavier heavier See heavy heavy adj 1: of comparatively great physical weight or density; “a heavy load”; “lead is a heavy metal”; “heavy mahogony furniture” [ant: light] 2: unusually great in degree or quantity or number; “heavy taxes”; “a heavy fine”; “heavy casualties”; “heavy losses”; “heavy rain”; “heavy traffic” [ant: light] 3: of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment; “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” [ant: light] 4: having or suggesting a viscous consistency; “heavy cream” 5: wide from side to side; “a heavy black mark” [syn: thick] 6: marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness; “a heavy heart”; “a heavy schedule”; “heavy news”; “a heavy silence”; “heavy eyelids” [ant: light] 7: usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it [syn: fleshy, overweight] 8: (used of soil) compact and fine-grained; “the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated” [syn: clayey, cloggy] 9: darkened by clouds; “a heavy sky” [syn: lowering, sullen, threatening] 10: of great intensity or power or force; “a heavy blow”; “the fighting was heavy”; “heavy seas” [ant: light] 11: (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight; “heavy hydrogen”; “heavy water” [ant: light] 12: (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'" 13: permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; “dense smoke”; “heavy fog”; “impenetrable gloom” [syn: dense, impenetrable] 14: made of fabric having considerable thickness; “a heavy coat” 15: of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; “does a lot of hard drinking”; “a heavy drinker” [syn: hard(a)] 16: prodigious; “big spender”; “big eater”; “heavy investor” [syn: big(a), heavy(a)] 17: used of syllables or musical beats [syn: accented, strong] 18: full and loud and deep; “heavy sounds”; “a herald chosen for his sonorous voice” [syn: sonorous] 19: of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought; “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” [syn: grave, grievous, weighty] 20: 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” [syn: lumbering, ponderous] 21: large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work; “a heavy truck”; “heavy machinery” 22: dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; “a heavy pudding” 23: sharply inclined; “a heavy grade” 24: full of; bearing great weight; “trees heavy with fruit”; “vines weighed down with grapes” [syn: weighed down] 25: requiring or showing effort; “heavy breathing”; “the subject made for labored reading” [syn: labored, laboured] 26: characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; “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” [syn: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, laborious, punishing, toilsome] 27: lacking lightness or liveliness; “heavy humor”; “a leaden conversation” [syn: leaden] 28: (of sleep) deep and complete; “a heavy sleep”; “fell into a profound sleep”; “a sound sleeper”; “deep wakeless sleep” [syn: profound, sound, wakeless] 29: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; “was big with child”; “was great with child” [syn: big(p), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p) ] [also: heaviest, heavier] heavy adv : slowly as if burdened by much weight; “time hung heavy on their hands” [syn: heavily] [also: heaviest, heavier] heavy n 1: an actor who plays villainous roles 2: a serious (or tragic) role in a play [also: heaviest, heavier]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Heavier Heavy \Heav"y\, a. [Compar. Heavier; superl. Heaviest.] [OE. hevi, AS. hefig, fr. hebban to lift, heave; akin to OHG. hebig, hevig, Icel. h["o]figr, h["o]fugr. See Heave.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc. [1913 Webster] The hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod. --1 Sam. v. 6. [1913 Webster] The king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Sent hither to impart the heavy news. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] Trust him not in matter of heavy consequence. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment. [1913 Webster] The heavy [sorrowing] nobles all in council were. --Chapman. [1913 Webster] A light wife doth make a heavy husband. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book. [1913 Webster] Whilst the heavy plowman snores. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Of a heavy, dull, degenerate mind. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Neither [is] his ear heavy, that it can not hear. --Is. lix. 1. [1913 Webster] 5. Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like. [1913 Webster] 6. Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder. [1913 Webster] But, hark! that heavy sound breaks in once more. --Byron. [1913 Webster] 7. Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the sky. [1913 Webster] 8. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like. [1913 Webster] 9. Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread. [1913 Webster] 10. Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; -- said of food. [1913 Webster] 11. Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other liquors. [1913 Webster] 12. With child; pregnant. [R.] [1913 Webster] Heavy artillery. (Mil.) (a) Guns of great weight or large caliber, esp. siege, garrison, and seacoast guns. (b) Troops which serve heavy guns. Heavy cavalry. See under Cavalry. Heavy fire (Mil.), a continuous or destructive cannonading, or discharge of small arms. Heavy metal (Mil.), large guns carrying balls of a large size; also, large balls for such guns. Heavy metals. (Chem.) See under Metal. Heavy weight, in wrestling, boxing, etc., a term applied to the heaviest of the classes into which contestants are divided. Cf. Feather weight (c), under Feather. [1913 Webster] Note: Heavy is used in composition to form many words which need no special explanation; as, heavy-built, heavy-browed, heavy-gaited, etc. [1913 Webster]