Definitions for overweightˈoʊ vərˈweɪt; ˈoʊ vərˌweɪt; ˌoʊ vərˈweɪt
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
o•ver•weightˈoʊ vərˈweɪt; ˈoʊ vərˌweɪt; ˌoʊ vərˈweɪt(adj.; n.; v.)
weighing more than is allowed or considered normal, proper, or healthful.
Category: Pathology
(n.)weight above what law or regulation allows:
baggage overweight.
weight in excess of what is considered normal, proper, or healthful.
(v.t.)to weight excessively.
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to give too much emphasis to.
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Origin of overweight:
1545–55
Princeton's WordNet
corpulence, overweight, stoutness, adiposis(adj)
the property of excessive fatness
fleshy, heavy, overweight(adj)
usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
overweight(adjective)ˌoʊvɚwˈeɪt
(of a person) too heavy
overweight teenagers; The doctor told her she was overweight.
Wiktionary
overweight(Noun)
An excess of weight.
overweight(Noun)
A security or class of securities in which one has a heavy concentration.
Apple common stock is one of our overweights.
overweight(Verb)
To place excessive weight or emphasis on; to overestimate the importance of.
overweight(Adjective)
heavier than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.
overweight(Adjective)
weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce
overweight(Adjective)
Having a portfolio relatively heavily invested in.
Our portfolio is very overweight (in) Asian technology stocks.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Overweight
A status with BODY WEIGHT that is above certain standard of acceptable or desirable weight. In the scale of BODY MASS INDEX, overweight is defined as having a BMI of 25.0-29.9 kg/m2. Overweight may or may not be due to increases in body fat (ADIPOSE TISSUE), hence overweight does not equal "over fat".
Translations for overweight
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- oorgewigAfrikaans
- وَزْن زائِدArabic
- тегло в повечеBulgarian
- acima do pesoPortuguese (BR)
- tlustýCzech
- übergewichtigGerman
- overvægtigDanish
- υπέρβαροςGreek
- demasiado pesado, demasiado gordo, con exceso de pesoSpanish
- ülekaalulineEstonian
- اضافه وزنFarsi
- ylipainoinenFinnish
- trop grosFrench
- מִשקָל עוֹדֵףHebrew
- भारी शरीर वाला, अधिक तौलHindi
- predebeo, pretežakCroatian
- túlsúlyúHungarian
- terlalu gemuk, kegemukanIndonesian
- ofþungurIcelandic
- sovrappesoItalian
- 肥り過ぎのJapanese
- 초과 중량Korean
- per daug storasLithuanian
- pārāk smags, pārāk dūšīgsLatvian
- berat berlebihanMalay
- te zwaarDutch
- overvektigNorwegian
- z nadwagą, otyłyPolish
- اضافه وزنPersian
- دروندPashto
- pesado demaisPortuguese
- prea greu; supraponderalRomanian
- весящий больше нормыRussian
- tučný, obéznySlovak
- pretežek, predebelSlovenian
- debeoSerbian
- överviktigSwedish
- ที่มีน้ำหนักมากเกินไปThai
- şişman, kiloluTurkish
- 超重的Chinese (Trad.)
- такий, що має зайву вагуUkrainian
- حد سے زيادہ وزنيUrdu
- quá trọng lượng; béo phìVietnamese
- 超重的Chinese (Simp.)
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