condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action; "bombers were put on alert during the crisis"
very attentive or observant; "an alert and responsive baby is a joy"; "caught by a couple of alert cops"; "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"; "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty"
(usually followed by `to') showing acute awareness; mentally perceptive; "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament"
not unconscious; especially having become conscious; "the patient is now awake and alert"
marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"
having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling; "had a dizzy spell"; "a dizzy pinnacle"; "had a headache and felt giddy"; "a giddy precipice"; "feeling woozy from the blow on his head"; "a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff"
cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; "quench steel"
reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance
satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device
deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dog's gruff barking"; "hoarse cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson
abounding; having a lot of; "the top was thick with dust"
(of darkness) very intense; "thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night"
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions; "an inch thick"; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets"
(of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation"
requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading"
full of; bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes"
sharply inclined; "a heavy grade"
dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; "a heavy pudding"
of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogany furniture"
large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work; "a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery"
marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness; "a heavy heart"; "a heavy schedule"; "heavy news"; "a heavy silence"; "heavy eyelids"
unusually great in degree or quantity or number; "heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic"
(physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight; "heavy hydrogen"; "heavy water"
of great intensity or power or force; "a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas"
slow and laborious because of weight; "the heavy tread of tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"; "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn"
of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment; "heavy artillery"; "heavy infantry"; "a heavy cruiser"; "heavy guns"; "heavy industry involves large-scale production of basic products (such as steel) used by other industries"
full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice"
made of fabric having considerable thickness; "a heavy coat"
of relatively large extent and density; " a heavy line"
(of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'"
slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on their hands"