heavy
/ˈhɛv.i/ noun C2- 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.
- A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard. · A fight started outside the bar but the heavies came out and stopped it.
- A prominent figure; a "major player".
- A newspaper of the quality press.
- A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.
- A member of the heavy cavalry.
Plural heavies
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She said, “All things are prospering with me, and I have only one wish, that there may be a heavy fall of rain, in order that the plants may be well watered.” Not long after, he went to the daughter who had married the tilemaker, and likewise inquired of her how she fared; she replied, “I want for nothing, and have only one wish, that the dry weather may continue, and the sun shine hot and bright, so that the bricks might be dried.” He said to her, “If your sister wishes for rain, and you for dry weather, with which of the two am I to join my wishes?”
The Mule, groaning beneath his heavy burden, said to himself: “I am treated according to my deserts.
Morrel, who, forthwith conducting her up the flight of wooden steps leading to the chamber in which the feast was prepared, was gayly followed by the guests, beneath whose heavy tread the slight structure creaked and groaned for the space of several minutes.
But when the war was over, he only allowed him chaff to eat and made him carry heavy loads of wood, subjecting him to much slavish drudgery and ill-treatment.
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