Meaning
3 senses(often)To make heavier.
They piled their goods on the donkey's back, heavying up an already backbreaking load.
To sadden.
(Australia, New Zealand, informal)To use power or wealth to exert influence on, e.g., governments or corporations; to pressure.
The union was well known for the methods it used to heavy many businesses.
2001, Finola Moorhead, Darkness More Visible, Spinifex Press, Australia, page 557, But he is on the wrong horse, heavying me. My phone′s tapped. Well, he won′t find anything.
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
heavies, heavying, heavied, heaviedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.