adj.
1 weighing a lot
VERBS
▪ be , feel , look , seem
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My suitcase was beginning to feel very ~.
▪ become , get , grow
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You're getting too ~ to carry!
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She felt her eyelids growing ~ (= she was getting sleepy) .
▪ make sth
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The bottles of wine made the bag even heavier.
▪ find sth
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I didn't find it too ~ to carry.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
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Be careful. That box is rather ~.
2 worse than usual
VERBS
▪ be
▪ become , get
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The rain was getting very ~.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
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The traffic's really ~ on the roads today.
Heavy is used with these nouns: ↑ accent , ↑ armour , ↑ artillery , ↑ atmosphere , ↑ bag , ↑ barrage , ↑ blanket , ↑ bleeding , ↑ blizzard , ↑ blow , ↑ bombardment , ↑ bombing , ↑ boot , ↑ breast , ↑ breath , ↑ breathing , ↑ brow , ↑ build , ↑ burden , ↑ cargo , ↑ cart , ↑ casualty , ↑ chain , ↑ charge , ↑ clay , ↑ cloak , ↑ clothing , ↑ cloud , ↑ coat , ↑ cold , ↑ commitment , ↑ concentration , ↑ construction , ↑ consumer , ↑ consumption , ↑ cost , ↑ cream , ↑ criticism , ↑ crop , ↑ cruiser , ↑ curtain , ↑ damage , ↑ debt , ↑ defeat , ↑ demand , ↑ dependence , ↑ dew , ↑ door , ↑ downpour , ↑ drain , ↑ drape , ↑ drinker , ↑ drinking , ↑ duty , ↑ emphasis , ↑ engineering , ↑ equipment , ↑ exercise , ↑ expenditure , ↑ eyebrow , ↑ eyelid , ↑ fabric , ↑ fall , ↑ favourite , ↑ fighting , ↑ fine , ↑ fire , ↑ flow , ↑ fog , ↑ fold , ↑ foliage , ↑ footstep , ↑ freight , ↑ fringe , ↑ frost , ↑ frown , ↑ gambler , ↑ garment , ↑ gate , ↑ glasses , ↑ guard , ↑ gun , ↑ gunfire , ↑ heart , ↑ hint , ↑ horse , ↑ housework , ↑ impact , ↑ industry , ↑ investment , ↑ irony , ↑ jacket , ↑ jumper , ↑ layer , ↑ lid , ↑ load , ↑ lorry , ↑ loss , ↑ luggage , ↑ lump , ↑ lunch , ↑ machinery , ↑ make-up , ↑ manufacturing , ↑ mascara , ↑ meal , ↑ metal , ↑ mist , ↑ mob , ↑ mortar , ↑ music , ↑ object , ↑ oil , ↑ overcoat , ↑ pack , ↑ penalty , ↑ period , ↑ plough , ↑ punishment , ↑ rain , ↑ rainfall , ↑ reading , ↑ reliance , ↑ responsibility , ↑ rock , ↑ sack , ↑ sacrifice , ↑ sarcasm , ↑ saucepan , ↑ scent , ↑ schedule , ↑ sea , ↑ sedation , ↑ sentence , ↑ shading , ↑ shawl , ↑ shoe , ↑ shopping , ↑ shower , ↑ sigh , ↑ silence , ↑ silk , ↑ sleep , ↑ smog , ↑ smoke , ↑ smoker , ↑ smoking , ↑ snow , ↑ snowfall , ↑ soil , ↑ spectacles , ↑ steering , ↑ step , ↑ stone , ↑ storm , ↑ strain , ↑ subsidy , ↑ suitcase , ↑ surf , ↑ sweat , ↑ sweater , ↑ swell , ↑ taxation , ↑ thud , ↑ thump , ↑ timber , ↑ toll , ↑ trading , ↑ traffic , ↑ tread , ↑ truck , ↑ turnout , ↑ usage , ↑ use , ↑ user , ↑ velvet , ↑ volume , ↑ weapon , ↑ wear , ↑ weight , ↑ work , ↑ workload