[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

heavy \heav"y\, a. compar. heavier; superl. heaviest. oe.
   hevi, as. hefig, fr. hebban to lift, heave; akin to ohg.
   hebig, hevig, icel. h"ofigr, h"ofugr. 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.
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            the hand of the lord was heavy upon them of ashdod.
                                                  --1 sam. v. 6.
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            the king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make.
                                                  --shak.
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            sent hither to impart the heavy news. --wordsworth.
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            trust him not in matter of heavy consequence.
                                                  --shak.
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   3. laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened;
      bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care,
      grief, pain, disappointment.
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            the heavy sorrowing nobles all in council were.
                                                  --chapman.
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            a light wife doth make a heavy husband. --shak.
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   4. slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate,
      stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the
      like; a heavy writer or book.
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            whilst the heavy plowman snores.      --shak.
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            of a heavy, dull, degenerate mind.    --dryden.
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            neither is his ear heavy, that it can not hear.
                                                  --is. lix. 1.
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   5. strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm,
      cannonade, and the like.
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   6. loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder.
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            but, hark that heavy sound breaks in once more.
                                                  --byron.
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   7. dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the
      sky.
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   8. impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a
      heavy road, soil, and the like.
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   9. not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.
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   10. not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not
       easily digested; -- said of food.
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   11. having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other
       liquors.
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   12. with child; pregnant. r.
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   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
see also:
heavier heaviest heave heavy artillery heavy cavalry cavalry 
heavy fire heavy metal heavy metals metal heavy weight 
feather weight feather 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

heavier
     see heavy
see also:
heavy 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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: harda
     16: prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor"
         syn: biga, heavya
     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: bigp, enceinte, expectant,
          gravid, greatp, largep, heavyp, with
         childp
     n 1: an actor who plays villainous roles
     2: a serious or tragic role in a play
     adv : slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on
           their hands" syn: heavily
     also: heaviest, heavier
see also:
light thick fleshy overweight clayey cloggy 
lowering sullen threatening dense impenetrable 
harda biga heavya accented strong 
sonorous grave grievous weighty lumbering 
ponderous weighed down labored laboured arduous 
backbreaking grueling gruelling hard laborious 
punishing toilsome leaden profound sound 
wakeless bigp enceinte expectant gravid 
greatp largep heavyp with childp heavily 
heaviest heavier 

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Heavier Dumbells.
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John Mayer Heavier Things CD
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CNN.com - Australia to take heavier drought hit - Jan. 30, 2003
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