heavy

HEAV'Y, adjective hev'y. 1. Weighty; ponderous; having great weight; tending strongly to the center of attraction; contrary to light; applied to material bodies; as a heavy stone; a heavy load. 2. Sad; sorrowful; dejected; depressed in mind. A light wife makes a heavy husband. So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart. Proverbs 25:20. 3. Grievous; afflictive; depressing to the spirits; as heavy news; a heavy calamity. 4. Burdensome; oppressive; as heavy taxes. Make thy father's heavy yoke--lighter. 1 Kings 12:4. 5. Wanting life and animation; dull. My heavy eyes you say confess A heart to love and grief inclined. 6. Drowsy; dull. Their eyes were heavy Matthew 26:37. Luke 9:32. 7. Wanting spirit or animation; destitute of life or rapidity of sentiment; dull; as a heavy writer; a heavy style. 8. Wanting activity or vivacity; indolent. But of a heavy dull, degenerate mind. 9. Slow; sluggish. He walks with a heavy gait. 10. Burdensome; tedious; as heavy hours. Time lies heavy on him who has no employment. 11. Loaded; encumbered; burdened. He found his men heavy and laden with booty. 12. Lying with weight on the stomach; not easily digested; as, oily food is heavy to the stomach. 13. Moist; deep; soft; miry; as heavy land; a heavy soil. We apply heavy to soft loamy or clayey land, which makes the draught of a plow or wagon difficult and laborious. So we say, a heavy road. 14. Difficult; laborious; as a heavy draught. 15. Weary; supported with pain or difficulty. And the hands of Moses were heavy Exodus 17:12. 16. Inflicting severe evils, punishments or judgments. The hand of the Lord was heavy on them of Ashdod. l Sam.5. 17. Burdensome; occasioning great care. This thing is too heavy for thee. Exodus 18:18. 18. Dull; not hearing; inattentive. Neither his ears heavy that he cannot hear. Isaiah 59:1. 19. Large, as billows; swelling and rolling with great force; as a heavy sea. 20. Large in amount; as a heavy expense; a heavy debt. 21. Thick; dense; black; as a heavy cloud. 22. Violent; tempestuous; as a heavy wind or gale. 23. Large; abundant; as a heavy fall of snow or rain. 24. Great; violent; forcible; as a heavy fire of cannon or small arms. 25. Not raised by leaven or fermentation; not light; clammy; as heavy bread. 26. Requiring much labor or much expense; as a heavy undertaking. 27. Loud; as heavy thunder. Heavy metal, in military affairs, signifies large guns, carrying balls of a large size, or it is applied to large balls themselves. HEAVY, adverb hev'y. With great weight; used in composition. HEAVY, verb transitive hev'y. To make heavy [Not in use.]