heavy

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Having great weight.
2. Serious, somber.
3. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
4. (slang) Good.
5. 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. 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) To a great degree; greatly.
3. (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. (slang) A newspaper of the quality press.
5. A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.
6. (slang) A serious theatrical role.
7. A member of the heavy cavalry.

Verb

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

Concepts

lourd

pesant

grave

fort

lourde

pénible

dur

gros

laborieux

grand

difficile

devenir lourd

intense

considérable

dense

profond

alourdir

très lourd

lourdement

ardu

pondéreux

important

imposant

étouffant

excessif

extrême

verbeux

importun

prolixe

affreux

cruel

mauvais

sérieux

terrible

violent

assommant

dru

embarrassant

ennuyeux

épais

lourdaud

touffu

abondant

cher

majeur

enceinte

gravide

gauchement

maussade

son

plombé

éreintant

présent

puissant

sonore

de grande capacité

gros porteur

poids lourd

être lourd

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈhɛv.i/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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”).
Cognates:
Cognate with Scots hevy, havy, heavy (“heavy”), Dutch hevig (“violent, severe, intense, acute”), Middle Low German hēvich (“violent, fierce, intense”), German hebig (compare heftig (“fierce, severe, intense, violent, heavy”)), Icelandic höfugur (“heavy, weighty, important”), Latin capāx (“large, wide, roomy, spacious, capacious, capable, apt”).

Phrases

Their work made heavy use of improvised dialogue .

Leur travail a fait un usage intensif d'un dialogue improvisé.

The slab was hewn from heavy blocks of slate .

La dalle était taillée de lourds blocs d'ardoise.