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Adjective: overweight  ,ow-vu(r)'weyt
  1. Excessively fat
    - corpulent, obese, weighty, rotund, lardy [informal], porky [informal]
     
  2. Above the allowed weight
Noun: overweight  ,ow-vu(r)'weyt
  1. The property of excessive fatness
    - corpulence, stoutness, adiposis
Verb: overweight  ,ow-vu(r)'weyt
  1. Place too much a load on
    - overload, surcharge, overcharge

Derived forms: overweighted, overweighting, overweights

See also: fat

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

Encyclopedia: Overweight