{
  "id": "heavy.physical",
  "term": "heavy",
  "sense": "physical",
  "pos": "adjective",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 21,
  "domain": "physical",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "Having much matter in a place, which resists motion when pushed.",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "matter.substance",
      "big.size"
    ],
    "interaction": "Matter in a place interacts with space to resist motion, and when that resistance is greater than usual, the effect is perceived as heavy.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "resists motion",
      "presses down"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "big.size",
      "type": "contrasts-with",
      "note": "heavy emphasizes resistance due to density, not just spatial extent"
    },
    {
      "id": "weight.physical",
      "type": "medium-for",
      "note": "heavy describes a high degree of weight"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "heavier",
    "heaviest",
    "heavy"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-heavy.physical"
}