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  • 21overweight — UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈweɪt] / US [ˌoʊvərˈweɪt] adjective 1) heavier than you should be I was about 10 pounds overweight after my pregnancy. 2) used about something that weighs more than it should Overweight baggage is subject to extra charges …

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  • 22overweight — adjective the growing number of overweight children is a legitimate health crisis Syn: fat, obese, stout, full figured, corpulent, gross, fleshy, plump, portly, chubby, rotund, paunchy, potbellied, flabby, well upholstered, broad in the beam;… …

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  • 23overweight — o•ver•weight adj. [[t]ˈoʊ vərˈweɪt[/t]] n. [[t]ˈoʊ vərˌweɪt[/t]] v. [[t]ˌoʊ vərˈweɪt[/t]] adj. 1) pat weighing more than is allowed or considered normal, proper, or healthful 2) weight above what law or regulation allows: baggage overweight[/ex]… …

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  • 24overweight — antsvoris statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Žmogaus svoris, viršijantis jo normalią kūno masę. Antsvoris gali sudaryti raumenys arba riebalai. Didelis iš riebalų susidaręs antsvoris žalingas sveikatai ir visai nepageidaujamas… …

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  • 25overweight — /əυvə weɪt/ adjective ♦ the package is sixty grams overweight the package weighs sixty grams too much ▪▪▪ ‘Cash paid for your stock: any quantity, any products, overstocked lines, factory seconds’ [Australian Financial Review] …

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  • 26overweight — Being too heavy for one’s height. Excess body weight can come from fat, muscle, bone, and/or water retention. Being overweight does not always mean being obese …

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  • 27overweight — I. noun Date: 1552 1. weight over and above what is required or allowed 2. excessive or burdensome weight II. transitive verb Date: 1603 1. to give too much weight or consideration to 2. to weight excessively III …

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  • 28overweight — Synonyms and related words: adipose, avoirdupois, bear hard upon, beef, beefiness, beefy, big bellied, bloated, blowzy, bosomy, brawny, burden, burly, burthen, buxom, charge, choke, chubby, chunky, congest, congestion, corpulent, cram, crowd,… …

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  • 29overweight — Surplus weight carried by a horse when the rider cannot make the assigned weight …

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  • 30overweight — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. obese, fat, adipose, chubby, chunky. See rotundity. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. fat, obese, roly poly, heavy, corpulent, stout, plump, rotund, blubbery, hefty. ANT.: anorexic, skeletal,… …

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