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heavy

/ˈhiːvi/ adjective C2
  1. Having the heaves. · a heavy horse
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So she sat on, with closed eyes, and half believed herself in Wonderland, though she knew she had but to open them again, and all would change to dull reality—the grass would be only rustling in the wind, and the pool rippling to the waving of the reeds—the rattling teacups would change to tinkling sheep-bells, and the Queen’s shrill cries to the voice of the shepherd boy—and the sneeze of the baby, the shriek of the Gryphon, and all the other queer noises, would change (she knew) to the confused clamour of the busy farm-yard—while the lowing of the cattle in the distance would take the place of the Mock Turtle’s heavy sobs.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 97 · B2
The cabman tried to pass to the left, but a heavy express wagon cut him off.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 13 · C1
On the floor they were pounding half a dozen stocks in which Maxwell’s customers were heavy investors.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 19 · C1
“I did not know these things,” said Mowgli sullenly, and he frowned under his heavy black eyebrows.
The Jungle Book, p. 18 · B2

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