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heavy
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English hevy, hevi?, from Old English hefi?, hefe?, hæfi? (“heavy; important, grave, severe, serious; oppressive, grievous; slow, dull”), from Proto-West Germanic *hab?g (“heavy, hefty, weighty”), from Proto-Germanic *hab?gaz (“heavy, hefty, weighty”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh?p- (“to take, grasp, hold”), equivalent to heave +? -y.
Pronunciation
- enPR: hev?i
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /?h?.vi/
- (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA(key): /?he.vi/
- Rhymes: -?vi
Adjective
heavy (comparative heavier, superlative heaviest)
- (of a physical object) Having great weight.
- (of a topic) Serious, somber.
- Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
- The hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod.
- 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion
- Sent hither by my Husband to impart the heavy news.
- (Britain, slang, dated) Good.
- (dated, late 1960s, 1970s, US) Profound.
- (of a rate of flow) 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
- 1998, Stanley George Clayton, ""Menstruation" in Encyclopedia Britannica
- (slang) Armed.
- (music) Louder, more distorted.
- (of weather) Hot and humid.
- (of a person) Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
- (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
- Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
- The surf was not heavy, and there was no undertow, so we made shore easily, effecting an equally easy landing.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
- Laden to a great extent.
- Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.
- 1613, William Browne, Britannia's Pastorals
- Seating himselfe within a darkesome cave, / (Such places heavy Saturnists doe crave,) / Where yet the gladsome day was never seene […]
- 1613, William Browne, Britannia's Pastorals
- Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
- a heavy, dull, degenerate mind
- Neither [is] his ear heavy, that it cannot hear.
- Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
- a heavy road; a heavy soil
- Not raised or leavened.
- (of wines or spirits) Having much body or strength.
- (obsolete) With child; pregnant.
- (physics) Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one.
- (petroleum) Having high viscosity.
Synonyms
- sweer/swear
Antonyms
- light
Derived terms
Pages starting with “heavy”.
Related terms
- heave
- heft
Translations
Adverb
heavy (comparative more heavy, superlative most heavy)
- In a heavy manner; weightily; heavily; gravely.
- heavy laden with their sins
- (colloquial, nonstandard) To a great degree; greatly.
- (India, colloquial) very
Derived terms
- hang heavy
- heavy-laden
Noun
heavy (plural heavies or heavys)
- A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
- With his wrinkled, uneven face, the actor always seemed to play the heavy in films.
- (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
- A fight started outside the bar but the heavies came out and stopped it.
- (journalism, slang, chiefly in the plural) A newspaper of the quality press.
- 1973, Allen Hutt, The changing newspaper (page 151)
- The comment may be offered here that the 'heavies' have been the Design Award's principal scorers, both in the overall bronze plaque days and, since, in the Daily/Sunday Class 1.
- 2006, Richard Keeble, The Newspapers Handbook
- Reviewers in the heavies aim to impress with the depth of their knowledge and appreciation.
- 1973, Allen Hutt, The changing newspaper (page 151)
- (Should we move, merge or split(+) this sense?) (aviation) A large multi-engined aircraft. (The term heavy normally follows the call-sign when used by air traffic controllers.)
Derived terms
- brain heavy
- dog heavy
Translations
Verb
heavy (third-person singular simple present heavies, present participle heavying, simple past and past participle heavied)
- (often with "up") To make heavier. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- To sadden. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (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.
- 1985, Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives Weekly Hansard, Issue 11, Part 1, page 1570,
- […] the Prime Minister sought to evade the simple fact that he heavied Mr Reid to get rid of Dr Armstrong.
- 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.
- 2005, David Clune, Ken Turner (editors), The Premiers of New South Wales, 1856-2005, Volume 3: 1901-2005, page 421,
- But the next two days of the Conference also produced some very visible lobbying for the succession and apparent heavying of contenders like Brereton, Anderson and Mulock - much of it caught on television.
Etymology 2
heave +? -y
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hi?vi/
Adjective
heavy (comparative more heavy, superlative most heavy)
- Having the heaves.
- a heavy horse
See also
- heavy cake
References
- heavy at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Havey, Yahve
German
Etymology
From English heavy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h?vi/
Adjective
heavy (not comparable)
- (predicative, colloquial, probably slightly dated) heavy; intense; serious; shocking (extraordinary, especially in a bad way)
- Synonyms: heftig, krass, nicht ohne, ein starkes Stück
Spanish
Etymology
From English heavy (metal).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?xebi/, [?xe.??i]
Adjective
heavy (plural heavys)
- heavy (pertaining to heavy metal)
- heavy (intense)
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round
English
Alternative forms
- ron (Bermuda)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /??a?nd/
- Rhymes: -a?nd
Etymology 1
From Middle English round, rounde, from Old Northern French röunt, röunde, rund, Old French ront, runt, rëont, rëonde ( > French rond), representing an earlier *rodond, from Latin rotundus or a Vulgar Latin form retundus (compare Italian rotondo, Provençal redon, Spanish redondo, etc.) The noun developed partly from the adjective and partly from the corresponding French noun rond. Compare the doublet rotund and rotunda.
Adjective
round (comparative rounder or more round, superlative roundest or most round)
- (physical) Of shape:
- Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
- Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.
- Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.
- Plump.
- Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
- Complete, whole, not lacking.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Geraint and Enid
- Round was their pace at first, but slackened soon.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Geraint and Enid
- (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- (phonetics) Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.
- Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing.
- 1867, Matthew Arnold, On the Study of Celtic Literature
- the round assertion
- 1867, Matthew Arnold, On the Study of Celtic Literature
- Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
- 1622, Henry Peacham, The Compleat Gentleman
- In his satires Horace is quick, round, and […] pleasant.
- 1622, Henry Peacham, The Compleat Gentleman
- Consistent; fair; just; applied to conduct.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Truth
- Round dealing is the honour of man's nature.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Truth
- Large in magnitude.
- (authorship, of a fictional character) Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.
- Antonym: flat
- (architecture) Vaulted.
Synonyms
- (circular): circular, cylindrical, discoid
- (spherical): spherical
- (of corners that lack sharp angles): rounded
- (plump): plump, rotund
- (not lacking): complete, entire, whole
- (of a number): rounded
- (pronounced with the lips drawn together): rounded
Derived terms
Related terms
- Acton Round
Translations
Noun
round (plural rounds)
- A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
- 1955, William Golding, The Inheritors, Faber and Faber 2005, page 50:
- All at once the sun was through, a round of dulled silver, racing slantwise through the clouds yet always staying in the same place.
- 1955, William Golding, The Inheritors, Faber and Faber 2005, page 50:
- A circular or repetitious route.
- A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
- A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
- A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
- A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
- 2009 May 26, Patrick Condon, "Boy with cancer, mom return home", Associated Press, printed in Austin American-Statesman, page A4:
- Daniel underwent one round of chemotherapy in February but stopped after that single treatment, citing religious beliefs.
- 2009 May 26, Patrick Condon, "Boy with cancer, mom return home", Associated Press, printed in Austin American-Statesman, page A4:
- One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
- (art) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
- A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.
- (sports) One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.
- 2002 April 19, Scott Tobias, Fightville[2], The A.V. Club:
- And though Fightville, an MMA documentary from the directors of the fine Iraq War doc Gunner Palace, presents it more than fairly, the sight of a makeshift ring getting constructed on a Louisiana rodeo ground does little to shake the label. Nor do the shots of ringside assistants with spray bottles and rags, mopping up the blood between rounds
- 2002 April 19, Scott Tobias, Fightville[2], The A.V. Club:
- A stage, level, set of events in a game
- (sports) A stage in a competition.
- (sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
- (video games) A stage or level of a game.
- (card games) The play after each deal.
- (sports) A stage in a competition.
- (engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.
- A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.
- (butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine.
- (dated) A rung, as of a ladder.
- All the rounds like Jacob's ladder rise.
- A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
- A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.
- A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
- c. 1732, George Granville, Women
- Women to cards may be compar'd: we play / A round or two; when us'd, we throw away.
- 1709, Matthew Prior, Pleasure
- The feast was served; the bowl was crowned; / To the king's pleasure went the mirthful round.
- c. 1732, George Granville, Women
- A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
- Synonym: routine
- A circular dance.
- Rotation, as in office; succession.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Holyday to this entry?)
- A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
- An assembly; a group; a circle.
- A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
- (archaic) A vessel filled, as for drinking.
- (nautical) A round-top.
- A round of beef.
Synonyms
- (song with each subset starting at a different time): canon
- (hindquarters of a bovine): rump
Antonyms
- (rounded inside edge): fillet
Hyponyms
- (song with each subset starting at a different time): catch
Derived terms
- round of applause
- round of ammunition
Translations
Preposition
round
- (rare in US) Alternative form of around
- 1782, William Cowper, The Progress of Error
- The serpent Error twines round human hearts.
- 1782, William Cowper, The Progress of Error
Derived terms
- go round
- look round
Translations
Adverb
round (not comparable)
- Alternative form of around
Derived terms
- turnround (from turn round)
Translations
Verb
round (third-person singular simple present rounds, present participle rounding, simple past and past participle rounded)
- (transitive) To shape something into a curve.
- The carpenter rounded the edges of the table.
- The figures on our modern medals are raised and rounded to a very great perfection.
- (intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- The girl's figure, he perceived, was admirably proportioned; she was evidently at the period when the angles of childhood were rounding into the promising curves of adolescence.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out.
- She rounded out her education with only a single mathematics class.
- (intransitive) To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.
- Ninety-five rounds up to one hundred.
- (transitive) To turn past a boundary.
- Helen watched him until he rounded the corner.
- (intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
- As a group of policemen went past him, one of them rounded on him, grabbing him by the arm.
- (transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate.
- And the runners round the bases on the double by Jones.
- (transitive) To go round, pass, go past.
- To encircle; to encompass.
- Synonym: surround
- To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
- So rounds he to a separate mind, / From whence clear memory may begin.
- (medicine, colloquial) To do ward rounds.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To go or turn round; to wheel about.
Derived terms
- round off
- round out
- round up
- round down
Translations
See also
- 'round
Etymology 2
From Middle English rounen, from Old English r?nian (“to whisper, talk low, talk secrets, consipre, talk secretly”), from Proto-Germanic *r?n?n? (“to talk secrets, whisper, decide”), *raunijan? (“to investigate, examine, prove”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)rew?-, *(e)rw?- (“to trace, find out, look out”). Cognate with Scots roun (“to converse with in whispers, speak privately”), Middle Low German r?nen (“to whisper”), Middle Dutch ruinen (“to whisper”), German raunen (“to whisper, murmur”), Old English r?n (“whisper, secret, mystery”), Swedish röna (“to meet with, experience”). More at rune.
Verb
round (third-person singular simple present rounds, present participle rounding, simple past and past participle rounded)
- (intransitive, archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel.
- (transitive, archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To address or speak to in a whisper, utter in a whisper.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)
- c. 1617, David Calderwood (quoted as saying to King James VI)
- The Bishop of Glasgow rounding in his ear, "Ye are not a wise man," […] he rounded likewise to the bishop, and said, "Wherefore brought ye me here?"
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.2.4.IV:
- Tiberius the emperor […] perceiving a fellow round a dead corse in the ear, would needs know wherefore he did so […]
Etymology 3
From Middle English roun, from Old English r?n (“whisper, secret, mystery”), from Proto-Germanic *r?n?, *raun? (“a whisper, secret, secret sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)rew?-, *(e)rw?- (“to trace, find out, look out”). Cognate with Scots roun, round (“a whisper, secret story”), German raunen (“to whisper, say secretly”), Swedish rön (“findings, observations, experience”).
Noun
round (plural rounds)
- (archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A whisper; whispering.
- (archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Discourse; song.
Anagrams
- Duron
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English round.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?und/
Noun
round m (plural rounds)
- (sports, chiefly boxing) round
- Synonym: tour
Italian
Etymology
From English round.
Noun
round m (invariable)
- (sports) round
- round (session or series)
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English round.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?raw?d??/
Noun
round m (plural rounds)
- (martial arts) round (segment of a fight)
- Synonym: assalto
- (figuratively) a stage of a dispute, confrontation or other difficult endeavour
Spanish
Etymology
From English round.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?raund/, [?rã?n?d?]
Noun
round m (plural rounds)
- (martial arts) round
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