Heavier

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

  Heavy \Heav"y\, a. [Compar. {Heavier}; superl. {Heaviest}.] [OE.
     hevi, AS. hefig, fr. hebban to lift, heave; akin to OHG.
     hebig, hevig, Icel. h["o]figr, h["o]fugr. 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.
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     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}.
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     Note: Heavy is used in composition to form many words which
           need no special explanation; as, heavy-built,
           heavy-browed, heavy-gaited, etc.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  heavier
       See {heavy}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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: {hard(a)}]
       16: prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor"
           [syn: {big(a)}, {heavy(a)}]
       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: {big(p)}, {enceinte}, {expectant},
            {gravid}, {great(p)}, {large(p)}, {heavy(p)}, {with
           child(p)}]
       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}]