Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HEAV'Y
HEAV'Y, a. [hev'y; Sax. heafig, hefig, that is, lift-like, lifted with labor, from heafan, to heave.]
- 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.
- Sad; sorrowful; dejected; depressed in mind. A light wife makes a heavy husband. Shak. So is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart. Prov. xxv.
- Grievous; afflictive; depressing to the spirits; as, heavy news; a heavy calamity.
- Burdensome; oppressive; as, heavy taxes. Make thy father's heavy yoke – lighter. 1 Kings xii.
- Wanting life and animation; dull. My heavy eyes you say confess / A heart to love and grief inclined. Prior.
- Drowsy; dull. Their eyes were heavy. Matth. xxvi. Luke ix.
- Wanting spirit or animation; destitute of life or rapidity of sentiment; dull; as, a heavy writer; a heavy style.
- Wanting activity or vivacity; indolent. But of a heavy, dull, degenerate mind. Dryden.
- Slow; sluggish. He walks with a heavy gait.
- Burdensome; tedious; as, heavy hours. Time lies heavy on him who has no employment.
- Loaded; encumbered; burdened. He found his men heavy, and laden with booty. Bacon.
- Lying with weight on the stomach; not easily digested; as, oily food is heavy to the stomach.
- 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.
- Difficult; laborious; as, a heavy draught.
- Weary; supported with pain or difficulty. And the hands of Moses were heavy. Ex. xvii.
- Inflicting severe evils, punishments or judgments. The hand of the Lord was heavy on them of Ashdod. 1 Sam. v.
- Burdensome; occasioning great care. This thing is too heavy for thee. Ex. xviii.
- Dull; not hearing; inattentive. Neither his ear heavy, that he can not hear. Is. lix.
- Large, as billows; swelling and rolling with great force; as, a heavy sea.
- Large in amount; as, a heavy expense; a heavy debt.
- Thick; dense; black; as, a heavy cloud.
- Violent; tempestuous; as, a heavy wind or gale.
- Large; abundant; as, a heavy fall of snow or rain.
- Great; violent; forcible; as, a heavy fire of cannon or small arms.
- Not raised by leaven or fermentation; not light; clammy; as, heavy bread.
- Requiring much labor or much expense; as, a heavy undertaking.
- 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.
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