Definition of obese Obese

/owbiˈs/ - [owbees] - o•bese

We found 7 definitions of obese from 6 different sources.

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What does obese mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective
obese - excessively fat; "a weighty man"
  corpulent, weighty, rotund
  fat having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"
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  • obese (Adjective)
    Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% for men or 25% for women over their ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m2.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • obese (a.)
    Excessively corpulent; fat; fleshy.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • obese
    Who is too fat.
  • obese
    (For a person) Having a body mass index above 30.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • obese
    ō-bēs′, adj. fat: fleshy.—ns. Obese′ness, Obes′ity, fatness: abnormal fatness. [L. obesus—ob, up, edĕre, esum, to eat.]

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  • obese, adjective.

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