heavy

heavy
A n
1 (person) gen grosse brute f ; (bodyguard, escort) gorille m ;
2 GB (newspaper) grand journal m, journal m sérieux.
B adj
1 gen, Phys (having weight) [weight, person, load, bag, parcel] lourd ; to be too heavy to lift être trop lourd à soulever or pour qu'on puisse le soulever ; to make sth heavier alourdir qch ; he's 5 kg heavier than me il pèse 5 kilos de plus que moi ; how heavy are you? combien pèses-tu? ; to be heavy with young [animal] être pleine ;
2 (thick) [fabric, coat] lourd ; [shoes, frame] gros/grosse (before n) ; [line, feature, face] épais/épaisse ; in heavy type en caractères gras ; of heavy build solidement bâti, de forte carrure ; to wear heavy make-up se maquiller beaucoup, être très maquillé ;
3 Mil, Ind [machinery] gros/grosse (before n), lourd ; [artillery] lourd ; ‘heavy plant crossing’ ‘traversée d'engins’ ;
4 fig (weighty, ponderous) [movement, step] pesant, lourd ; [irony, humour, responsibility, sigh] lourd ; my legs feel heavy j'ai les jambes lourdes ; his eyelids began to get heavy ses paupières devenaient lourdes ; with a heavy heart le cœur gros ; to be a heavy sleeper avoir le sommeil lourd ; a heavy thud un bruit sourd ; a heavy blow un coup violent ; ‘you told me,’ he said with heavy emphasis ‘c'est toi qui me l'a dit,’ dit-il en insistant lourdement ; the going is heavy le terrain est lourd ; the interview was heavy going (slow, hard work) l'interview était laborieuse ;
5 (abundant) [traffic] dense ; [gunfire] nourri ; [bleeding, period] abondant ; [charge, investment] important ; to be a heavy drinker/smoker boire/fumer beaucoup ; security was heavy d'importantes mesures de sécurité avaient été prises ; heavy trading on the stock market beaucoup de transactions à la Bourse ; to have a heavy workload avoir beaucoup de travail ; to be heavy on (use a lot of) [person] avoir la main lourde sur [ingredient, perfume] ; [machine] consommer beaucoup de [fuel] ; (contain a lot of) comporter beaucoup de [humour, ingredient] ;
6 (severe) [defeat, loss, debt] lourd ; [attack, bombing] intense ; [prison sentence, penalty, fine] sévère ; [cuts, criticism] fort (before n) ; [cold] gros/grosse (before n) ; heavy casualties un nombre élevé de victimes ; heavy fighting de violents combats ;
7 (strong) [perfume, scent, concentration] fort ; [accent] prononcé ;
8 Meteorol [rain, frost] fort ; [fog, mist] épais/épaisse ; [snow, dew] abondant ; [cloud] lourd ; [sky] chargé, lourd ; it's very heavy today il fait très lourd aujourd'hui ; to capsize in heavy seas chavirer par grosse mer ;
9 Culin [meal, food, pastry] lourd ; [wine] corsé ;
10 (busy, packed) [day, month, timetable, programme] chargé ;
11 (difficult, serious) [book, paper, film, lecture] ardu ; this article is ou makes heavy reading cet article n'est pas d'une lecture facile ;
12 (loaded) to be heavy with [air, branch, atmosphere] être chargé de [perfume, flowers, resentment] ; a remark heavy with meaning une remarque lourde de sens.
C adv [weigh] lourdement ; time hung heavy on her hands le temps lui pesait.
Idiom
things started to get heavy (threatening) ça a commencé à mal tourner ; (serious, intellectual) ça a commencé à devenir un peu ardu ; (sexual) ça a commencé à devenir lourd .

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