heavy
Having great weight.
Adjective 4 meanings
Having great weight.
“Can you help me carry this? It's really heavy.”
Serious, somber.
Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
“heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.”
Profound.
“The Moody Blues are, like, heavy.”
Adverb 2 meanings
In a heavy manner; weightily; heavily; gravely.
“Heavy-laden with their sins, time hung heavy”
very
Noun 2 meanings
A prominent figure; a "major player".
A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.
Verb 3 meanings
To make heavier.
“They piled their goods on the donkey's back, heavying up an already backbreaking load.”
To sadden.
To use power or wealth to exert influence on, e.g., governments or corporations; to pressure.
“The union was well known for the methods it used to heavy many businesses.”
Etymology
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 *kap- (“to take, grasp, hold”).
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HEAVY at a glance
HEAVY has 5 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (H 4 + E 1 + A 1 + V 4 + Y 4) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,131 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with heavy
All rhymes- NAVY10
- GRAVY12
- WAVY13
- DAVY11
- PEAVY13
- LEAVY11
- SUPERHEAVY21
- CAVY12
- ULTRAHEAVY19
One letter away
- HEADY12
- HEAVE11
- PEAVY13
- LEAVY11
- HEAPY13
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