1 (especially of something unpleasant) of very or especially great force, amount, or degree: --
3 Heavy machines or vehicles that are very large and powerful: --
4 used to describe something such as a situation that is dangerous or unpleasant: --
5 a large strong man employed to protect someone else or to frighten other people: --
Frank always took a couple of heavies along with him when he went collecting his debts.
The marriage ran into trouble because of her husband's heavy drinking.
Despite incurring heavy losses, the rebels now hold the town and the surrounding hills.
The unusually heavy rain caused flash floods in several mountain villages.
Our armies have come under heavy bombardment.
In the past, armies used catapults to hurl heavy stones at enemy fortifications.
Several pieces of heavy equipment had to be manhandled into the lorry.