heavy

(Engels)

Adj

1. Having great weight.
2. Serious, somber.
3. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
4. (British, dated, slang) Good.
5. (US, dated) Profound.
6. High, great.
7. (slang) Armed.
8. Loud, distorted, or intense.
9. Hot and humid.
10. Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
11. With eyelids difficult to keep open due to tiredness.
12. High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
13. Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
14. Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.
15. Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
16. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
17. Not raised or leavened.
18. Having much body or strength.
19. (obsolete) With child; pregnant.
20. Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one.
21. Of petroleum, having high viscosity.
22. Of a market: in which the price of shares is declining.
23. Heavily-armed.
24. Having a relatively high takeoff weight and payload.
25. Having a relatively high takeoff weight and payload.

Adv

1. In a heavy manner; weightily; heavily; gravely.
2. (colloquial, nonstandard) To a great degree; greatly.
3. (India, colloquial) very

Noun

1. (slang) A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
2. (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
3. A prominent figure; a "major player".
4. (in-plural, slang) A newspaper of the quality press.
5. A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.
6. (archaic, slang) A serious theatrical role.
7. (historical) A member of the heavy cavalry.

Verb

1. (often) To make heavier.
2. To sadden.
3. (Australia, New-Zealand, informal) To use power or wealth to exert influence on, e.g., governments or corporations; to pressure.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈhɛv.i/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: hevy

Geërf van Old English: hefiġ

Verwante met Skots: hevy

Verwante met Nederlands: hevig

Verwante met Middle Low German: hēvich

Verwante met Duits: hebig

Verwante met Yslands: höfugur

Verwante met Latyn: capāx

In summary

From Middle English hevy, heviȝ, from Old English hefiġ, hefeġ, hæfiġ (“heavy; important, grave, severe, serious; oppressive, grievous; slow, dull”), from Proto-West Germanic *habīg (“heavy, hefty, weighty”), from Proto-Germanic *habīgaz (“heavy, hefty, weighty”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to take, grasp, hold”). Related to have.
Cognate with Scots hevy, havy, heavy (“heavy”), Saterland Frisian heeuwich, häwich (“violent, angry”), West Frisian hevich (“violent”), Dutch hevig (“violent, severe, intense, acute”), German Low German hevig (“violent, fierce, intense, angry”), German hebig (compare heftig (“fierce, severe, intense, violent, heavy”)), Icelandic höfugur (“heavy, weighty, important”), Latin capāx (“large, wide, roomy, spacious, capacious, capable, apt”).
Compare typologically Russian объёмный (obʺjómnyj), ёмкий (jómkij) (akin to име́ть (imétʹ), взять (vzjatʹ)).

Sinonieme

weighty

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hard

ponderous

burdensome

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big

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arduous

dull

unwieldy

tough

dense

deep

oppressive

grievous

cumbersome

large

lumbering

painful

intense

strong

rough

awkward

low

clumsy

laboured

fat

be heavy

stiff

stodgy

laborious

overweight

heavily

pregnant

heavy-duty

plump

profound

gruelling

backbreaking

harsh

hefty

great

lowering

Vertalings

lourd

schwer

pesado

pesante

zwaar

pesado

ciężki

βαρύς

gravis

pesant

pesat

grave

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drukkend

fort

grave

Sinne

Their work made heavy use of improvised dialogue .

Heavy rainfalls from October through December .

The slab was hewn from heavy blocks of slate .

The resulting cloth is heavy and wrinkle-resistant, and retains its shape well .