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{
"term": "heavy",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "weighing a lot; difficult to lift or move",
"labels": "(figurative)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **heavy weight/load**"
},
{
"text": "She was struggling with a heavy suitcase."
},
{
"text": "My brother is much heavier than me."
},
{
"text": "He tried to push the heavy door open."
},
{
"text": "**How heavy** is it *(= how much does it weigh)*?"
},
{
"text": "Her father carried a **heavy burden** of responsibility."
},
{
"text": "The bottles of wine made the bag even heavier."
},
{
"text": "You're getting too heavy to carry!"
},
{
"text": "She felt her eyelids growing heavy (= she was getting sleepy)."
}
],
"topics": ["Appearance"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "more or worse than usual in amount, degree, etc.",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the noise of **heavy traffic**"
},
{
"text": "**heavy rain/rainfall/snow**"
},
{
"text": "the effects of **heavy drinking**"
},
{
"text": "There was **heavy fighting** in the capital last night."
},
{
"text": "The British suffered **heavy losses** in the battle."
},
{
"text": "His unit came under **heavy fire** from insurgents."
},
{
"text": "The penalty for speeding can be a heavy fine."
},
{
"text": "She spoke with heavy irony."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "get"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "doing the thing mentioned more, or more deeply, than usual",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **heavy drinker/smoker**"
},
{
"text": "a heavy sleeper"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "large and solid",
"examples": [
{
"text": "big, dark rooms full of heavy furniture"
},
{
"text": "He was tall and strong, with heavy features."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "thick",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "heavy curtains"
},
{
"text": "a heavy coat"
}
],
"topics": ["Physics and chemistry"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "full of or loaded with something",
"sensetop": "heavy with something",
"labels": "(literary)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "trees heavy with apples"
},
{
"text": "The air was heavy with the scent of flowers."
},
{
"text": "His voice was heavy with sarcasm."
},
{
"text": "She was heavy with child *(= pregnant)*."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "large and powerful",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a wide range of engines and **heavy machinery/equipment**"
},
{
"text": "heavy lorries/trucks"
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 8,
"definition": "involving a lot of work or activity; very busy",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a heavy schedule"
},
{
"text": "She'd had a heavy day."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 9,
"definition": "hard, especially because it requires a lot of physical strength",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**heavy lifting**"
},
{
"text": "A gardener comes in to do the heavy work for me."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 10,
"definition": "falling or hitting something with a lot of force",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a heavy fall/blow"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 11,
"definition": "large in amount or very solid",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a heavy lunch/dinner/meal"
},
{
"text": "Avoid heavy foods that are difficult to digest."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 12,
"definition": "carrying heavy weapons",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the heavy infantry/cavalry"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 13,
"definition": "loud and deep",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**heavy breathing**"
},
{
"text": "a heavy groan/sigh"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 14,
"definition": "using a lot of something",
"sensetop": "heavy on something",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Older cars are heavy on gas."
},
{
"text": "Don't go so heavy on the garlic."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 15,
"definition": "serious; difficult to understand or enjoy",
"labels": "(usually disapproving)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We found the play very heavy."
},
{
"text": "The discussion got a little heavy."
}
],
"topics": ["Literature and writing"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 16,
"definition": "dangerous because of big waves, etc.",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "strong winds and heavy seas"
},
{
"text": "The heavy Atlantic swells pounded the beach."
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by water"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 17,
"definition": "hot and without enough fresh air, in a way that feels unpleasant",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It's very heavy—I think there'll be a storm."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 18,
"definition": "wet, sticky and difficult to dig or to move over",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 19,
"definition": "very strict and severe",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Don't be so heavy on her—it wasn't her fault."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to become very serious, because strong feelings are involved",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They started shouting at me. It got very heavy."
},
{
"text": "Then he got heavy and tried to kiss me."
},
{
"text": "Things were starting to get a bit heavy so I decided to leave."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to have a difficult problem that makes you worried or unhappy but that you have to deal with",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We all have our crosses to bear."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to describe somebody/something that is difficult to deal with or understand",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She's a bit heavy going."
},
{
"text": "I found the course rather heavy going."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a way of doing something or of treating people that is much stronger and less sensitive than it needs to be",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the heavy hand of management"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a very sad feeling",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I returned home with a heavy heart."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a group of strong, often violent people employed to do something such as protect somebody",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a situation when people do not say anything, but feel embarrassed or uncomfortable",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to seem to find something more difficult or complicated than it needs to be",
"examples": [
{
"text": "People in this country make such heavy weather of learning languages."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to have a bad effect on somebody/something; to cause a lot of damage, deaths, pain, etc.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Illness had taken a heavy toll on her."
},
{
"text": "The recession is taking its toll on the housing markets."
},
{
"text": "The pressure of fame can take a terrible toll."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhevi/",
"audio": "he/heavy/heavy__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhevi/",
"audio": "he/heavy/heavy__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English hefig, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hevig, also to heave."
}