Definitions for heavies

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heavies heav·y

Spelling: [hev-ee]

IPA: /ˈhɛv i/

Heavies is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 106 anagrams from letters in heavies (aeehisv).

Definitions for heavies

noun

1. a somber or ennobled theatrical role or character: Othello.
2. the theatrical role of a villain.
3. an actor who plays a theatrical heavy.
4. Military. a gun of great weight or large caliber.
5. Slang. a very important or influential person:

adverb

1. heavily.

adjective

1. of great weight; hard to lift or carry:
2. of great amount, quantity, or size; extremely large; massive:
3. of great force, intensity, turbulence, etc.:
4. of more than the usual or average weight:
5. having much weight in proportion to bulk; being of high specific gravity:
6. of major import; grave; serious:
7. deep or intense; profound:
8. Military. thickly armed or equipped with guns of large size. Compare heavy cruiser. (of guns) of the more powerful sizes: Compare heavy artillery.
9. hard to bear; burdensome; harsh; oppressive:
10. hard to cope with; trying; difficult:
11. being as indicated to an unusually great degree:
12. broad, thick, or coarse; not delicate:
13. weighted or laden:
14. fraught; loaded; charged:
15. depressed with trouble or sorrow; showing sorrow; sad:
16. without vivacity or interest; ponderous; dull:
17. slow in movement or action; clumsy:
18. loud and deep; sonorous:
19. (of the sky) overcast or cloudy.
20. exceptionally dense in substance; insufficiently raised or leavened; thick:
21. (of food) not easily digested.
22. being in a state of advanced pregnancy; nearing childbirth:
23. having a large capacity, capable of doing rough work, or having a large output:
24. producing or refining basic materials, as steel or coal, used in manufacturing:
25. sober, serious, or somber:
26. Chemistry. of or relating to an isotope of greater than normal atomic weight, as heavy hydrogen or heavy oxygen, or to a compound containing such an element, as heavy water.
27. Slang. very good; excellent. very serious or important:
28. Phonetics. stressed (def 12). long1 (def 22).

Origin of heavies

before 900; Middle English hevi, Old English hefig, equivalent to hef(e) weight (akin to heave) + -ig -y¹

Examples for heavies

The weather is heavy and cloudy, and I hope to get some rain shortly.

A sign peeking out from the heavy forest is barely visible on the trip back.

In previous decades, hip-hop was something typically preached against, much like rock & roll and heavy metal before it.

In fact, that candy store is heavy industry, with all the mess that entails.

Evidences of heavy rainfall at certain times to be seen everywhere.

This is especially true when we are face to face with a heavy deficit.

A thousand pounds is a heavy venture for one so straitened as I am.

It was rather a heavy tug, for the fish he had caught weighed at least fifty pounds.

A smirking Ramone is shown wearing both a CBGB shirt and heavy gold chains, posing next to an enormous boombox.

“There is a heavy security presence but nothing has changed,” agrees Father Javier.