How to pronounce “heavy”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• (of any physical thing) Having great weight.
• (of a topic) Serious, somber.
• Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
• (British, slang, dated) Good.
• (dated, late 1960s, 1970s, US) Profound.
• (of a rate of flow) High, great.
• (slang) Armed.
• (of music) Loud, distorted, or intense.
• (of weather) Hot and humid.
• (of a person) Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
• (of the eyes) With eyelids difficult to keep open due to tiredness.
• (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
• Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
• Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.
• Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
• Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
• 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.
• (oil industry) Of petroleum, having high viscosity.
• (finance) Of a market: in which the price of shares is declining.
• (nautical, military) Heavily-armed.
• (aviation, of an aircraft) Having a relatively high takeoff weight and payload.
• [Adverb]
• In a heavy manner; weightily; heavily; gravely.
• (colloquial, nonstandard) To a great degree; greatly.
• (India, colloquial) very
• [Noun]
• (slang) A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
• (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
• A prominent figure; a "major player".
• (journalism, slang, chiefly in the plural) A newspaper of the quality press.
• (Should we move, merge or split(+) this sense?) (aviation) A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.
• (theater, archaic, slang) A serious theatrical role.
• (military, historical) A member of the heavy cavalry.
• [Verb]
• (often with "up") To make heavier.
• 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.

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