A1adjective · frequent

heavy

heavy · heavier · heaviest

важкий

тяжёлый, тяжкий

schwer, ernst, dunkel, groß

Having great weightHaving great weight.

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/ˈhɛv.i/

» This is as heavy as lead.

Das ist so schwer wie Blei.

Оно тяжёлое, как свинец.

Воно важке як камінюка.

Meaning

27 senses

Having great weight.
Can you help me carry this? It's really heavy.
Use the scales to measure how heavy it is.
schwer
тяжёлыйtjažólyj, тя́жкийtjážkij
важки́йvažkýj
full of; bearing great weight
Having great weight.
Heavyset: overweight.
When he was a child he was rather heavy, but today he is impressively fit.
Serious, somber.
ernst, dunkel, finster
Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.
(UK, dated, slang)Good.
This film is heavy.
stark
(US, dated)Profound.
The Moody Blues are, like, heavy.
High, great.
1998, Stanley George Clayton, ""Menstruation" in Encyclopedia Britannica The ovarian response to gonadotropic hormones may be erratic at first, so that irregular or heavy bleeding sometimes occurs
schwer, mächtig
of great intensity or power or force
(slang)Armed.
Come heavy, or not at all.
Loud, distorted, or intense.
Metal is heavier than rock.
full and loud and deep
Hot and humid.
drückend, schwül
Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
This car is too heavy on gas.
He was a heavy sleeper, a heavy eater and a heavy smoker – certainly not an ideal husband.
groß, schwer
With eyelids difficult to keep open due to tiredness.

Examples

1488 sentences

This is as heavy as lead.
Воно важке як камінюка.
ruОно тяжёлое, как свинец.
deDas ist so schwer wie Blei.
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You're twice as heavy as me.
Ти вдвічі від мене важчий.
ruТы в два раза тяжелее меня.
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Tom isn't as heavy as Mary.
Том не такий важкий, як Мері.
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I'm not as heavy as Tom.
Я не такий важкий як Том.
ruЯ не такой тяжёлый, как Том.
deIch bin nicht so schwer wie Tom.
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The box is too heavy to carry.
Коробка занадто важка щоб її перенести.
deDiese Kiste ist zu schwer, um sie zu tragen.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

having great weight:

Русский

By meaning 1

having great weight:

Deutsch

By meaning 6

having great weight:

serious:

slang: good:

of rate of flow: high:

of weather:hot and humid:

of a person: doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people:

Origin

From Middle English hevy, heviȝ, from Old English hefiġ, hefeġ, hæfiġ (“heavy; important,

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.

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