- overweight
- Being too heavy for one’s height. Excess body weight can come from fat, muscle, bone, and/or water retention. Being overweight does not always mean being obese.
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Overweight — O ver*weight , a. 1. Overweighing; excessive. [Obs.] Of no overweight worth. Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. Having a weight in excess of what is normal, proper, or expected; as, the doctor recommends dieting to all his overweight patients; overweight… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Overweight — O ver*weight , n. 1. Weight over and above what is required by law or custom. [1913 Webster] 2. Superabundance of weight; preponderance. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
overweight — index ponderous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
overweight — (adj.) in excess of proper or ordinary weight, 1630s, from OVER (Cf. over) + WEIGHT (Cf. weight) (n.) … Etymology dictionary
overweight — [adj] heavier than average ample, bulky, corpulent, fat, fleshy, gross, heavy, hefty, huge, massive, obese, outsize, overfed, overstuffed, plump, portly, pudgy, rotund, stout, upholstered*, weighty; concept 491 Ant. skinny, thin, underweight … New thesaurus
overweight — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ above a normal, desirable, or permitted weight … English terms dictionary
overweight — [ō′vər wāt΄; ] for adj., also, & for v., usually [, ō΄vər wāt′] n. more weight than is needed, desired, or allowed; extra or surplus weight adj. above the normal, desirable, or allowed weight vt. OVERWEIGH … English World dictionary
Overweight — This article is about the medical term. For the stock market term, see overweight (stock market). Overweight Classification and external resources … Wikipedia
overweight — Usually refers to recommendation that leads an investor to increase their investment in a particular security or asset class. The increase is usually with respect to a benchmark. Suppose that U.S. equities compose 40% of the benchmark portfolio.… … Financial and business terms
Overweight — The term overweight is used in two different ways. In one sense it is a way of saying imprecisely that someone is heavy. The other sense of overweight is more precise and designates a state between normal weight and obesity. The National… … Medical dictionary
overweight — o|ver|weight [ˌəuvəˈweıt US ˌouvər ] adj 1.) someone who is overweight is too heavy and fat →↑underweight 10 kilos/20 lbs etc overweight ▪ Sally was fifty pounds overweight. ▪ He is slightly overweight. see usage note ↑fat1 2.) something such as… … Dictionary of contemporary English
