Buxom vs. Heavy

Buxomadjective

Pliant, obedient, tractable (to) (i.e. easily moved or bent, morally).

Heavyadjective

(of a physical object) Having great weight.

Buxomadjective

(obsolete) Submissive, humble, meek (as subsense of 4).

Heavyadjective

(of a topic) Serious, somber.

Buxomadjective

(obsolete) Gracious, indulgent, favourable; obliging, amiable, courteous, affable, kindly (as subsense of 1).

Heavyadjective

Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.

‘heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.’;

Buxomadjective

(obsolete) With infinitive: Easily moved, prone, ready (as subsense of 1).

Heavyadjective

Good.

‘This film is heavy.’;

Buxomadjective

Flexible, pliant (arising from sense 1).

Heavyadjective

Profound.

‘The Moody Blues are, like, heavy.’;

Buxomadjective

Blithe, gladsome, bright, lively, gay (attested after 1).

Heavyadjective

(of a rate of flow) High, great.

Buxomadjective

Cheerful, happy (possibly as subsense of 6).

Heavyadjective

(slang) Armed.

‘Come heavy, or not at all.’;

Buxomadjective

Full of health, vigour, and good temper; well-favoured, plump and comely, 'jolly', comfortable-looking (in person). (arising from sense 6).

Heavyadjective

(music) Louder, more distorted.

‘Metal is heavier than swing.’;

Buxomadjective

(of a woman) Having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts (as subsense of 8).

Heavyadjective

(of weather) Hot and humid.

Buxomadjective

Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient; tractable; docile; meek; humble.

‘So wild a beast, so tame ytaught to be,And buxom to his bands, is joy to see.’; ‘I submit myself unto this holy church of Christ, to be ever buxom and obedient to the ordinance of it.’;

Heavyadjective

(of a person) Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.

‘He was a heavy sleeper, a heavy eater and a heavy smoker - certainly not an ideal husband.’;

Buxomadjective

Having the characteristics of health, vigor, and comeliness, combined with a gay, lively manner; stout and rosy; jolly; frolicsome.

‘A daughter fair,So buxom, blithe, and debonair.’; ‘A parcel of buxom bonny dames, that were laughing, singing, dancing, and as merry as the day was long.’;

Heavyadjective

(of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.

‘Cheese-stuffed sausage is too heavy to eat before exercising.’;

Buxomadjective

having a pronounced womanly shape.

Heavyadjective

Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.

‘it was a heavy storm;’; ‘a heavy slumber in bed;’; ‘a heavy punch’;

Buxomadjective

(of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves;

‘Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes’; ‘a curvy young woman in a tight dress’;

Heavyadjective

Laden to a great extent.

‘his eyes were heavy with sleep;’; ‘she was heavy with child’;

Buxomadjective

euphemisms for slightly fat;

‘a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular’; ‘chubby babies’; ‘pleasingly plump’;

Heavyadjective

Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.

Heavyadjective

Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.

‘a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, etc.’; ‘a heavy writer or book’;

Heavyadjective

Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.

‘a heavy road; a heavy soil’;

Heavyadjective

Not raised or leavened.

‘heavy bread’;

Heavyadjective

Having much body or strength; said of wines or spirits.

Heavyadjective

(obsolete) With child; pregnant.

Heavyadjective

(physics) Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one

Heavyadjective

Having the heaves.

‘a heavy horse’;

Heavyadverb

heavily

‘heavy laden with their sins’;

Heavyadverb

very

Heavynoun

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.’;

Heavynoun

(slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.

‘A fight started outside the bar but the heavies came out and stopped it.’;

Heavynoun

(aviation) A large multi-engined aircraft.

‘The term heavy normally follows the call-sign when used by air traffic controllers.’;

Heavyverb

(often with "up") To make heavier.

Heavyverb

To sadden.

Heavyverb

To use power and/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.’;

Heavyadjective

Having the heaves.

Heavyadjective

Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught.

Heavyadjective

Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.

‘The hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod.’; ‘The king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make.’; ‘Sent hither to impart the heavy news.’; ‘Trust him not in matter of heavy consequence.’;

Heavyadjective

Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment.

‘The heavy [sorrowing] nobles all in council were.’; ‘A light wife doth make a heavy husband.’;

Heavyadjective

Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book.

‘Whilst the heavy plowman snores.’; ‘Of a heavy, dull, degenerate mind.’; ‘Neither [is] his ear heavy, that it can not hear.’;

Heavyadjective

Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like.

Heavyadjective

Loud; deep; - said of sound; as, heavy thunder.

‘But, hark! that heavy sound breaks in once more.’;

Heavyadjective

Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; - said of the sky.

Heavyadjective

Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; - said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like.

Heavyadjective

Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.

Heavyadjective

Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; - said of food.

Heavyadjective

Having much body or strength; - said of wines, or other liquors.

Heavyadjective

With child; pregnant.

Heavyadverb

Heavily; - sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden.

Heavyverb

To make heavy.

Heavynoun

an actor who plays villainous roles

Heavynoun

a serious (or tragic) role in a play

Heavyadjective

of comparatively great physical weight or density;

‘a heavy load’; ‘lead is a heavy metal’; ‘heavy mahogony furniture’;

Heavyadjective

unusually great in degree or quantity or number;

‘heavy taxes’; ‘a heavy fine’; ‘heavy casualties’; ‘heavy losses’; ‘heavy rain’; ‘heavy traffic’;

Heavyadjective

of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment;

‘heavy artillery’; ‘heavy infantry’; ‘a heavy cruiser’; ‘heavy guns’; ‘heavy industry involves large-scale production of basic products (such as steel) used by other industries’;

Heavyadjective

having or suggesting a viscous consistency;

‘heavy cream’;

Heavyadjective

wide from side to side;

‘a heavy black mark’;

Heavyadjective

marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness;

‘a heavy heart’; ‘a heavy schedule’; ‘heavy news’; ‘a heavy silence’; ‘heavy eyelids’;

Heavyadjective

usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

Heavyadjective

(used of soil) compact and fine-grained;

‘the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated’;

Heavyadjective

darkened by clouds;

‘a heavy sky’;

Heavyadjective

of great intensity or power or force;

‘a heavy blow’; ‘the fighting was heavy’; ‘heavy seas’;

Heavyadjective

(physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight;

‘heavy hydrogen’; ‘heavy water’;

Heavyadjective

(of an actor or role) being or playing the villain;

‘Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'’;

Heavyadjective

permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter;

‘dense smoke’; ‘heavy fog’; ‘impenetrable gloom’;

Heavyadjective

made of fabric having considerable thickness;

‘a heavy coat’;

Heavyadjective

of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately;

‘does a lot of hard drinking’; ‘a heavy drinker’;

Heavyadjective

prodigious;

‘big spender’; ‘big eater’; ‘heavy investor’;

Heavyadjective

used of syllables or musical beats

Heavyadjective

full and loud and deep;

‘heavy sounds’; ‘a herald chosen for his sonorous voice’;

Heavyadjective

of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought;

‘grave responsibilities’; ‘faced a grave decision in a time of crisis’; ‘a grievous fault’; ‘heavy matters of state’; ‘the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference’;

Heavyadjective

slow and laborious because of weight;

‘the heavy tread of tired troops’; ‘moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot’; ‘ponderous prehistoric beasts’; ‘a ponderous yawn’;

Heavyadjective

large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work;

‘a heavy truck’; ‘heavy machinery’;

Heavyadjective

dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal;

‘a heavy pudding’;

Heavyadjective

sharply inclined;

‘a heavy grade’;

Heavyadjective

full of; bearing great weight;

‘trees heavy with fruit’; ‘vines weighed down with grapes’;

Heavyadjective

requiring or showing effort;

‘heavy breathing’; ‘the subject made for labored reading’;

Heavyadjective

characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort;

‘worked their arduous way up the mining valley’; ‘a grueling campaign’; ‘hard labor’; ‘heavy work’; ‘heavy going’; ‘spent many laborious hours on the project’; ‘set a punishing pace’;

Heavyadjective

lacking lightness or liveliness;

‘heavy humor’; ‘a leaden conversation’;

Heavyadjective

(of sleep) deep and complete;

‘a heavy sleep’; ‘fell into a profound sleep’; ‘a sound sleeper’; ‘deep wakeless sleep’;

Heavyadjective

in an advanced stage of pregnancy;

‘was big with child’; ‘was great with child’;

Heavyadverb

slowly as if burdened by much weight;

‘time hung heavy on their hands’;

Heavyadjective

of great weight; difficult to lift or move

‘a heavy and bulky load’; ‘the pan was too heavy for me to carry’;

Heavyadjective

used in questions about weight

‘how heavy is it?’;

Heavyadjective

(of a class of thing) above the average weight; large of its kind

‘heavy woollens’; ‘heavy artillery’;

Heavyadjective

weighed down; full of something

‘branches heavy with blossoms’;

Heavyadjective

(of a person's head or eyes) feeling weighed down by weariness

‘a heavy head’;

Heavyadjective

of great density; thick or substantial

‘heavy horn-rimmed glasses’; ‘heavy grey clouds’;

Heavyadjective

not delicate or graceful; coarse

‘he had a big moustache and heavy features’;

Heavyadjective

(of food) hard to digest; too filling.

Heavyadjective

(of ground or soil) muddy or full of clay.

Heavyadjective

(of a smell) very strong; overpowering

‘a heavy scent of oil’;

Heavyadjective

(of the sky) full of dark clouds; oppressive

‘a heavy thundery sky’;

Heavyadjective

of or containing atoms of an isotope of greater than the usual mass.

Heavyadjective

of more than the usual size, amount, or intensity

‘a heavy cold’; ‘I fell into a heavy sleep’; ‘the traffic was heavy and I was delayed’;

Heavyadjective

using a lot of

‘stories heavy on melodrama’;

Heavyadjective

doing something more, or more deeply, than usual

‘a heavy smoker’;

Heavyadjective

striking or falling with force

‘a heavy blow to the head’; ‘we had heavy overnight rain’;

Heavyadjective

(of music, especially rock) having a strong bass component and a forceful rhythm.

Heavyadjective

needing much physical effort

‘heavy work like repairing pathways’;

Heavyadjective

moving slowly or with difficulty

‘steering that is heavy when parking’;

Heavyadjective

very important or serious

‘a heavy discussion’;

Heavyadjective

(of a literary work) overly serious or difficult.

Heavyadjective

mentally oppressive; hard to endure

‘a heavy burden of responsibility’;

Heavyadjective

feeling or expressing sadness

‘I left him with a heavy heart’;

Heavyadjective

serious or difficult to deal with

‘things were getting pretty heavy’;

Heavyadjective

(of a person) strict or harsh

‘my parents were getting really heavy with me in terms of work’;

Heavyadjective

excellent (used as a general term of approval).

Heavynoun

a thing, such as a vehicle, that is large or heavy of its kind.

Heavynoun

a large, strong man, especially one hired for protection

‘I needed money to pay off the heavies’;

Heavynoun

serious newspapers

‘reporters from the Sunday heavies’;

Heavynoun

an important person

‘music business heavies’;

Heavynoun

strong beer, especially bitter

‘a pint of heavy’;

Heavyadverb

heavily

‘heavy-laden’;