heavy

CEFRA1

/ˈhɛv.i/

adjective

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  1. 01

    adjective

    Having a lot of weight.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Large in amount or difficult to deal with.

Examples

  • He was carrying a heavy bag of groceries.

  • I was drenched to the skin because of the heavy rain.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /ˈhev.i/
  • /ˈhiːvi/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Serious, somber.

  2. Having great weight.

  3. Heavyset: overweight.

More examples

In context

  • I'm glad we didn't go there because there were some localized heavy rain showers.

  • Can you help me carry this? It's really heavy.

  • Use the scales to measure how heavy it is.

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Origin

adjective

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”). Equivalent to heave + -y. Related to have. Cognate with Scots hevy, havy, heavy (“heavy”), Saterland Frisian heeuwich, häwich (“violent, angry”), West Frisian hevich (“violent”), Dutch hevig (“violent, severe, intense, acute”), German Low German hevig (“violent, fierce, intense, angry”), German hebig (compare heftig (“fierce, severe, intense, violent, heavy”)), Icelandic höf...