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  • 31ponderous borer — noun : a borer that is the larva of a cerambycid beetle (Ergates spiculatus) and is destructive to felled coniferous trees in the western United States …

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  • 32ponderous spar — noun obsolete : barite …

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  • 33ponderously — ponderous ► ADJECTIVE 1) slow and clumsy because of great weight. 2) dull or laborious. DERIVATIVES ponderously adverb. ORIGIN Latin ponderosus, from pondus weight …

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  • 34heavy — heavy, weighty, ponderous, cumbrous, cumbersome, hefty. Something is heavy which is denser and more compact in substance or larger in size or amount than the average of its kind or class and so weighs more in proportion {lead is a heavy metal} {a …

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  • 35heavy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. weighty, heavyset (See gravity); oppressive, tedious, tiresome; dull, gloomy, overcast; strong, pressing, large; somber, dismal, dejected, sad, melancholy; slow, inert, sluggish; grievous, serious.… …

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  • 36heavy — adjective 1) a heavy box Syn: weighty, hefty, substantial, ponderous; solid, dense, leaden; burdensome; informal hulking, weighing a ton Ant: light 2) a heavy man Syn …

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  • 37lumbering — I noun the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber • Hypernyms: ↑trade, ↑craft II adjective slow and laborious because of weight the heavy tread of tired troops moved with a lumbering sag bellied trot …

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  • 38ponderously — adverb 1. in an uninterestingly ponderous manner the play was staged with ponderously realistic sets • Derived from adjective: ↑ponderous 2. in a heavy ponderous manner he moves ponderously • Derived from adjective: ↑ponderous …

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  • 39heavy — I. adjective (heavier; est) Etymology: Middle English hevy, from Old English hefig; akin to Old High German hebīc heavy, Old English hebban to lift more at heave Date: before 12th century 1. a. having great weight; also characterized by mass or… …

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