heavy
/ˈhevi/adjective
उच्चारण हेवी
भारी, वज़नदार
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(of food) large in amount or difficult to digest
(भोजन) गरिष्ठ, भारी
- a heavy meal
- I avoid heavy food at night because it keeps me awake.
- After the heavy meal, we all fell asleep.
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- Fried food is heavy and hard to digest.
- I find rich sweets too heavy at night.
Opposite light
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serious or difficult; causing worry
गंभीर, बोझिल (मन या काम)
- a heavy responsibility
- with a heavy heart
- She carried a heavy burden of debt.
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- The captain had the heavy duty of picking the team.
- He said goodbye with a heavy heart.
Synonyms burdensome oppressive
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
heavy + uncountable noun
Heavy describes large amounts of rain, traffic, losses, smoking or drinking.
Heavy भारी वर्षा, यातायात, हानि, धूम्रपान या शराब की अधिकता बताता है।
- Heavy rain flooded the lanes of Mumbai.
heavy on sth
Heavy on means containing a lot of something, or using it freely.
'Heavy on' का अर्थ किसी चीज़ की अधिकता या अधिक प्रयोग है।
- The curry is heavy on garlic.
heavily + verb / participle
The adverb heavily is used with rain, depend, rely, invest and similar words.
Adverb 'heavily' rain, depend, rely, invest आदि के साथ आता है।
- It rained heavily all night.
- Farmers depend heavily on the monsoon.
heavy (adverb) / heavily
Heavy is not used as an adverb in formal English; use heavily with verbs such as rain, depend or invest.
औपचारिक अंग्रेज़ी में 'heavy' adverb नहीं है; rain, depend या invest जैसे verbs के साथ 'heavily' लगाइए।
- It rained heavily on Sunday.
heavy (figurative)
Heavy also describes things that are serious or demanding: a heavy workload, a heavy heart.
'Heavy' गंभीर या कठिन चीज़ों का भी वर्णन करता है: a heavy workload, a heavy heart।
- Teachers carry a heavy workload during the exam season.
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heavy + noun
trafficrainlossfineschedule
- We were stuck in heavy traffic for an hour.
adverb + heavy
veryextremelysurprisinglytoo
- The box was too heavy for the child.
heavy + noun (person)
smokerdrinkersleeperuser
- My uncle is a heavy sleeper.
heavy + noun (weather)
rainfallsnowfogstormshowermonsoon
- Heavy rainfall is expected in Kerala tomorrow.
“More examples 5
- My bag is heavy because of the textbooks.
पाठ्यपुस्तकों के कारण मेरा बैग भारी है।
- The company suffered heavy losses last year.
कंपनी को पिछले वर्ष भारी हानि हुई।
- Radhika has a heavy heart after leaving her hometown.
अपना शहर छोड़ने के बाद राधिका का मन भारी है।
- Avoid heavy meals before you sleep.
सोने से पहले भारी भोजन से बचिए।
- There was heavy firing at the border.
सीमा पर भारी गोलीबारी हुई।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ It rained heavy yesterday.
✓ It rained heavily yesterday.
Hindi 'bhari barish hui' uses one word for both, but English needs the adverb after the verb rained.
हिंदी में एक ही शब्द दोनों का काम करता है, परंतु अंग्रेज़ी में verb 'rained' के बाद adverb चाहिए।
✗ A heavy rain is falling.
✓ Heavy rain is falling.
Rain is uncountable in this sense, so it does not take the article a.
इस अर्थ में 'rain' uncountable है, इसलिए उसके साथ article 'a' नहीं लगता।
✗ There is a strong traffic on the road.
✓ There is heavy traffic on the road.
Strong is wrong here because traffic is described by amount, and heavy is the natural partner.
यहाँ 'strong' गलत है, क्योंकि traffic का वर्णन मात्रा से होता है और उसका स्वाभाविक साथी 'heavy' है।
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heavy going
difficult or boring to do, understand or deal with
कठिन या उबाऊ
- I found the book on economics heavy going.
- The conversation was heavy going after the argument.
make heavy weather of sth
to make a task seem more difficult than it really is
(किसी आसान काम को) बेवजह मुश्किल बना देना
- He made heavy weather of a simple percentage question.
- Don't make heavy weather of it; just fill in the form.
with a heavy hand
in a strict or severe way
सख़्ती से, कठोरता से
- The rebellion was put down with a heavy hand.
- The manager runs the office with a heavy hand.
be heavy on sth
to use a lot of sth; to contain a lot of sth
(किसी चीज़ की) बहुत खपत करना, बहुत अधिक होना
- Old cars are heavy on petrol.
- The report was heavy on detail but light on solutions.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Heavy rain, heavy traffic, heavy smoker, heavy heart.
Collocations याद रखिए: heavy rain, heavy traffic, heavy smoker, heavy heart।