Definitions
Heavies - as an adjective
Of comparatively great physical weight or density
Example: "A heavy load"
Unusually great in degree or quantity or number
Example: "Heavy taxes"
Of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
Example: "Heavy artillery"
Marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
Example: "A heavy heart"
(physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
Example: "Heavy hydrogen"
Heavies - as a noun
An actor who plays villainous roles
A serious (or tragic) role in a play
Heavies - as an adverb
Slowly as if burdened by much weight
Example: "Time hung heavy on their hands"
Heavies - as an adjective satellite
Usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
(used of soil) compact and fine-grained
Example: "The clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"
(of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
Example: "Iago is the heavy role in `othello'"
Permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
Example: "Dense smoke"
Of relatively large extent and density
Example: "A heavy line"
Made of fabric having considerable thickness
Example: "A heavy coat"
Given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
Example: "A hard drinker"
Of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
Example: "Grave responsibilities"
Slow and laborious because of weight
Example: "The heavy tread of tired troops"
Large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
Example: "A heavy truck"
Dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
Example: "A heavy pudding"
Sharply inclined
Example: "A heavy grade"
Full of; bearing great weight
Example: "Trees heavy with fruit"
Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
Example: "Worked their arduous way up the mining valley"
Heavies - as a verb
(often with "up") to make heavier.
To sadden.
To use power and/or wealth to exert influence on, e.g., governments or corporations; to pressure.
Example: "The union was well known for the methods it used to heavy many businesses."
Word Game Points
HEAVIES has a SCRABBLE points total of 13.
HEAVIES has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 13.
HEAVIES has a WORDFEUD points total of 13.
