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# heavyset

adjective (also heavy-set)

«heavyset» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Heavyset describes a person with a large, solid, broad body, often strong and a bit heavy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heavyset/#m1)
2. Built big and sturdy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heavyset/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in stories and descriptions of people, and in police descriptions. It tells the reader someone is broad and big. It is a polite way of describing size.

### Examples

- A heavyset man held the door open. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heavyset/#x1)
- The police were looking for a heavyset person in a red coat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heavyset/#x2)
- The heavyset farmer lifted the bale easily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heavyset/#x3)
- Her uncle is tall and heavyset. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heavyset/#x4)
- The guard was heavyset with a deep voice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heavyset/#x5)
- A heavyset dog lay by the fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heavyset/#x6)

### Note

Also written «heavy-set». More polite than «fat». Describing people's bodies can hurt feelings; be kind.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «heavyset» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heavyset/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«heavyset» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/heavyset.html) on Mova free.