overweight

overweight
1. adjective /ˌəʊvəˈweɪt,ˌoʊvɚˈweɪt,ˈəʊvəweɪt,ˈoʊvɚweɪt/
a) heavier than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.

All States allow oversized vehicles if a special permit is obtained, although most States will grant overweight permits only for non-divisible loads.

b) weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce

He got as far as the first weigh station, where troopers found his truck to be overweight and threatened to pull him off the road.

Syn: clinically obese, fat, morbidly obese, obese, super obese
2. noun /ˌəʊvəˈweɪt,ˌoʊvɚˈweɪt,ˈəʊvəweɪt,ˈoʊvɚweɪt/
An excess of weight.
3. verb /ˌəʊvəˈweɪt,ˌoʊvɚˈweɪt,ˈəʊvəweɪt,ˈoʊvɚweɪt/
To place excessive weight or emphasis on

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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

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