Word Meanings - THUMPING - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Heavy; large.
Related words: (words related to THUMPING)
- HEAVY-HEADED
Dull; stupid. "Gross heavy-headed fellows." Beau. & Fl. - LARGE-ACRED
Possessing much land. - LARGE-HANDED
Having large hands, Fig.: Taking, or giving, in large quantities; rapacious or bountiful. - LARGE-HEARTED
Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal. -- Large"-heart`ed*ness, n. - HEAVY-ARMED
Wearing heavy or complete armor; carrying heavy arms. - LARGE
Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; -- said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter. At large. Without restraint or confinement; as, to go at large; to be left at large. Diffusely; fully; - HEAVY
Having the heaves. - LARGET
A sport piece of bar iron for rolling into a sheet; a small billet. - LARGESS; LARGESSE
1. Liberality; generosity; bounty. Fulfilled of largesse and of all grace. Chaucer. 2. A present; a gift; a bounty bestowed. The heralds finished their proclamation with their usual cry of "Largesse, largesse, gallant knights!" and gold and silver - HEAVY SPAR
Native barium sulphate or barite, -- so called because of its high specific gravity as compared with other non-metallic minerals. - HEAVY-HADED
Clumsy; awkward. - LARGELY
In a large manner. Dryden. Milton. - LARGENESS
The quality or state of being large. - ENLARGEMENT
1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an - FOOL-LARGESSE
Foolish expenditure; waste. Chaucer. - TOP-HEAVY
Having the top or upper part too heavy for the lower part. Sir H. Wotton. - OVERHEAVY
Excessively heavy. - ENLARGED
Made large or larger; extended; swollen. -- En*lar"ged*ly, adv. -- En*lar"ged*ness, n. - FOOL-LARGE
Foolishly liberal. Chaucer. - ENLARGE
Etym: 1. To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits; to magnify; as, the body is enlarged by nutrition; to enlarge one's house. To enlarge their possessions of land. Locke. 2. To increase the capacity of; to expand; - OVERLARGE
Too large; too great. - OVERLARGENESS
Excess of size or bulk.