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Meaning of "heavy-footed" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HEAVY-FOOTED

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEAVY-FOOTED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Heavy-Footed is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HEAVY-FOOTED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of heavy-footed in the English dictionary

The definition of heavy-footed in the dictionary is having a heavy or clumsy tread.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEAVY-FOOTED

heavy metal
heavy middleweight
heavy mob
heavy mud
heavy oil
heavy on
heavy spar
heavy type
heavy water
heavy-duty
heavy-handed
heavy-handedly
heavy-handedness
heavy-hearted
heavy-laden
heavy-metal
heavy-set
heavy-water reactor
heavyheartedly
heavyweight

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEAVY-FOOTED

barefooted
booted
cloven-footed
club-footed
deep-rooted
flat-footed
four-footed
jackbooted
left-footed
light-footed
looted
nimble-footed
noted
rooted
soft-footed
splayfooted
sure-footed
swift-footed
taprooted
uprooted
web-footed

Synonyms and antonyms of heavy-footed in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «heavy-footed» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HEAVY-FOOTED

Find out the translation of heavy-footed to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of heavy-footed from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heavy-footed» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

重足
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

- pierna pesada
570 millions of speakers

English

heavy-footed
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भारी टांगों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ثقيلة القدمين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тяжелая ногой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

heavy -footed
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভারী-ওয়ালা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lourde pieds
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kaki berat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schwerfüßig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

重い足
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무거운 발의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Heavy-footed
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nặng chân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கனரக நடக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जबरदस्त
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ağır ayaklı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

heavy - footed
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ciężkich stąpający
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

важка ногою
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tăpălăgos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βαριά -πληρωμένο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

swaar -been
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tung på foten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

heavy- footed
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heavy-footed

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HEAVY-FOOTED»

The term «heavy-footed» is normally little used and occupies the 131.021 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HEAVY-FOOTED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «heavy-footed» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «heavy-footed» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about heavy-footed

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEAVY-FOOTED»

Discover the use of heavy-footed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heavy-footed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bio-Nanotechnology: A Revolution in Food, Biomedical and ...
A “light-footed surfactant” adsorbs on the interface and becomes orientated in a short time, whereas a “heavy-footed surfactant” takes a long time to do so. This idea has been discussed especially in relation to the adjustment of atomized liquid ...
Debasis Bagchi, Manashi Bagchi, Hiroyoshi Moriyama, 2012
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The Good, Good Sheriff & Other Voices
It's the heavy footed soldier again. He walks so hard it knocks dust all over my hair from the boards above me. It's almost like he knows I'm here. Like he's trying to get me in trouble by getting me all dirty before church. Maybe gramps told about ...
Joe Vernetti, 2006
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School as a Journey: The Eight-year Odyssey of a Waldorf ...
... dwarfs so short and strong Heavy-footed march along; Every head is straight and proud. Every step is firm and loud. Pick and hammer each must hold Deep in earth to mine the gold; Ready over each one's back Hangs a little empty sack.
Torin M. Finser, 1994
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Excavations at Mohenjo Daro, Pakistan: The Pottery
... and Marshall-Mackay published seven complete examples. SIZE RANGE AND MEASUREMENTS. 130 EXCAVATIONS AT MOHENJO DARO, PAKISTAN: THE POTTERY Jar: Heavy Footed.
George F. Dales, Jonathan M. Kenoyer, Leslie Alcock, 1986
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Cyrus
The 'heavy footfall' mentioned by the oracle had apparently really referred to the heavy-footed, clumsy shuffling of their newly-enslaved feet, weighted down as they now were with heavy fetters of iron as they toiled in the Tegean fields for their ...
David L. Rowlands, 2011
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A Parcel of Sonnets by Charles E. Miller
... many uses scored by our professor best Take thy foot from the table lest 't offend scholars near. Submit thy sole to the bootier, his seminar 't will stear. tHE LAW To make aright is the law of heaven's. 32 chArleS e. Miller HEAVY FOOTED.
Charles E. Miller, 2010
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Braking the Special Interests: Trucking Deregulation and the ...
heavy-footed. independent. truckers. He. cited. a. study. which. showed. that. the. average. independent. truck. driver. was. an. oveW0fted,. financially. pressed. thirty-eight -year -old man who drove fifteen hours a day, six days a week; who ...
Dorothy Robyn, 1987
8
The Complete Dinosaur
In 1845 Meyer formally named his Pachypodes, the group he had earlier separated as his “heavy-footed Sauria.” But he had been as heavy-footed as his animals and was too late to achieve any priority over the name Dinosauria ( Meyer 1845) ...
Michael K. Brett-Surman, Thomas R. Holtz, James O. Farlow, 2012
9
New Zealand Journal of Zoology
Heavy-footed. moa NATURAL SITES. This relatively uncommon species is restricted to the South Island (Worthy 1987, 1988a). In northern areas it has been found near Takaka and in Honeycomb Hill Cave, but all are Otira Glacial in origin  ...
10
Barron's MAT: Miller Analogies Test
The word bilious derives from bile. Vocabulary — Description 3 1 . HEAVY- HANDED : {a. uncoordinated, b. tactless, c. strong, d. coordinated) :: HEAVY- FOOTED : PLODDING (b) Someone who is heavy-handed is tactless. Someone who is ...
Robert J. Sternberg, Robert Sternberg, Karin Sternberg, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEAVY-FOOTED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heavy-footed is used in the context of the following news items.
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Would Mason Mitchell wreck a car he owns to win ARCA race?
Or will the competitive, heavy-footed Valley graduate step on the gas and leave caution in the dust to win on his home track, even if it means ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, Jul 15»
2
Technically Speaking: #NYvNE – New England Soccer Today
Jose Goncalves looked very heavy-footed before the Sam cross to Wright-Phillips. He could have blocked it if he had been more on his toes ... «New England Soccer Today, Jul 15»
3
Heavy-footed drivers add to ticket count
Heavy-footed drivers add to ticket count. Poll. Do you think Bill Cosby's full testimony from a 2005 sexual battery lawsuit should be unsealed? «Lethbridge Herald, Jul 15»
4
Wheatfield board approves planning for Krueger Road safety - City …
Heavy-footed drivers “know that two sheriffs covering the whole town are unlikely to catch them,” Seufert said. “Instead of spending money to ... «Buffalo News, Jul 15»
5
Minnesota Timberwolves: Takeaways From Game 1 Of Summer …
As of now, he looks a little heavy-footed to play the power forward position for extended periods — especially with the way the league is ... «Hoops Habit, Jul 15»
6
From the Archives: Drained lake reveals mysterious car, in 1990
The patrolmen have been instructed to move their radar-equipped cars from place to place to nab the unwary heavy-footed driver. January 13 ... «Fayetteville Observer, Jul 15»
7
Rut-Busters for Guitarists, Part 4 of 8: Syncopated Phrasing — Video
While there's nothing inherently wrong with this, I find that phrasing like this makes the music feel heavy-footed and less than exciting to listen to ... «Guitar World Magazine, Jul 15»
8
Andy Murray steers clear of mental meltdown with help of coach …
Where Murray was at his most turbulent against Dimitrov – wild-haired, foul-mouthed, yet still strangely heavy-footed – he has barely uttered a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
9
Life Lessons From Being a TEDx Speaker
You find out you're "too soft spoken." You walk "heavy-footed." You talk "too fast" or "too slow." It's a Goldilocks story of finding things "just right.". «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Watch - Aston Martin Vantage GT12 onboard at Goodwood | evo …
A heavy-footed Becker managed to thread the GT12 to the top of the 1.16-mile hill in an impressive 55.06sec, ranking it third overall and just ... «Evo, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Heavy-Footed [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/heavy-footed>. May 2024 ».
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