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Noun: overweight  ,ow-vu(r)'weyt
  1. The property of excessive fatness
    "The doctor advised the patient to address his overweight condition";
    - corpulence, stoutness, adiposis
Verb: overweight  ,ow-vu(r)'weyt
  1. Place too much a load on
    "don't overweight the car";
    - overload, surcharge, overcharge
Adjective: overweight  ,ow-vu(r)'weyt
  1. Excessively fat
    "an overweight man";
    - corpulent, obese, weighty, rotund, porky [informal], lardy [informal]
     
  2. Above the allowed weight
    "The truck was overweight and not permitted on the bridge"

Derived forms: overweights, overweighting, overweighted

See also: fat

Type of: corpulency, fleshiness, lade [archaic], laden, load, load up, obesity

Encyclopedia: Overweight