Meaning
27 sensesHaving 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 sentencesThis is as heavy as lead.
Воно важке як камінюка. — pinaxe
ruОно тяжёлое, как свинец. — fjay69
deDas ist so schwer wie Blei. — Adelpa
You're twice as heavy as me.
Ти вдвічі від мене важчий. — deniko
ruТы в два раза тяжелее меня. — marafon
Tom isn't as heavy as Mary.
Том не такий важкий, як Мері. — deniko
I'm not as heavy as Tom.
Я не такий важкий як Том. — deniko
ruЯ не такой тяжёлый, как Том. — marafon
deIch bin nicht so schwer wie Tom. — raggione
The box is too heavy to carry.
Коробка занадто важка щоб її перенести. — ChickenKiev
deDiese Kiste ist zu schwer, um sie zu tragen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
By meaning 6
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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Forms
heavier/more heavy, heaviest/most heavy| Comparative | heavier / more heavy Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | heaviest / most heavy Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
12 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
86 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
12 patterns- as heavy as
- is too heavy
- heavy rain
- of the heavy
- the heavy rain
- a heavy drinker
- a heavy smoker
- too heavy for
- the heavy snow
- much heavier than
- heavy traffic
- heavy metal