heavy
In a heavy manner; weightily; heavily; gravelyIn a heavy manner; weightily; heavily; gravely.
» This is as heavy as lead.
Das ist so schwer wie Blei. — Adelpa
Оно тяжёлое, как свинец. — fjay69
Воно важке як камінюка. — pinaxe
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 sensesIn a heavy manner; weightily; heavily; gravely.
Heavy-laden with their sins, time hung heavy
(colloquial, nonstandard)To a great degree; greatly.
(India, colloquial)Very
- slowly as if burdened by much weight
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
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
more heavy, most heavy| Comparative | more heavy Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most heavy |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonyms- slowly as if burdened by much weight:heavily
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative 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