Definition of overweight Overweight

/owˌvɚwejˈt/ - [owverweyt] - o•ver•weight

We found 16 definitions of overweight from 5 different sources.

What does overweight mean?

Adjective
overweight - usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
		fleshy, heavy
		fat having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"
Noun
overweight - the property of excessive fatness
		corpulence, stoutness, adiposis
		corpulency, fleshiness, obesity more than average fatness

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overweight (Noun)
An excess of weight.
overweight (Noun)
A security or class of securities in which one has a heavy concentration.
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.

overweight
Carrying a larger-than-normal amount of fat or weight.
overweight
Of a large person who has a mass or quantity of fat above normal.
overweight
(For a person) Having a body mass index between 25 and 30.
overweight
The state of a person having a body mass index between 25 and 30.

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overweight, verb, present, 1st person singular of overweight (infinitive).
overweight, verb (infinitive).
overweight, noun, singular of overweights.