OVERWEIGHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does overweight mean? 

• OVERWEIGHT (noun)
  The noun OVERWEIGHT has 1 sense:

1. the property of excessive fatness

  Familiarity information: OVERWEIGHT used as a noun is very rare.

• OVERWEIGHT (adjective)
  The adjective OVERWEIGHT has 1 sense:

1. usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

  Familiarity information: OVERWEIGHT used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVERWEIGHT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of excessive fatness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

adiposis; corpulence; overweight; stoutness

Hypernyms ("overweight" is a kind of...):

corpulency; fleshiness; obesity (more than average fatness)

Derivation:

overweight (usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it)

• OVERWEIGHT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

Synonyms:

fleshy; heavy; overweight

Similar:

fat (having an (over)abundance of flesh)

Derivation:

overweight (the property of excessive fatness)

 Context examples 

At age 7, children born to mothers who drank an artificially sweetened beverage daily were nearly twice as likely to be overweight or obese.

(Drinking diet beverages during pregnancy linked to child obesity, NIH)

Aging and being overweight also increase your chances of having foot problems.

(Foot Injuries and Disorders, NIH)

Importantly, the team also showed that thin people, had a much lower genetic risk score – they had fewer genetic variants that we know increase a person’s chances of being overweight.

(Slim people have a genetic advantage when it comes to maintaining their weight, University of Cambridge)

Being overweight is not good for your body, and new research suggests it’s not good for your brain either.

(Body Mass Index Linked to Cognitive Decline, Voanews)

They studied a group of overweight children taking supplements.

(Supplements of 'Good Bacteria' Can Enhance Weight Loss in Dieters, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Half of the young adults had normal weights and half were overweight.

(Strategies successfully reduce weight gain in young adults, NIH)

You are likely to have high cholesterol if members of your family have it, if you are overweight or if you eat a lot of fatty foods.

(Cholesterol, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

However, when looking at body fat instead, we showed there was a trend whereby children who were not active were more likely to be overweight or obese.

(Children who walk to school less likely to be overweight or obese, study suggests, University of Cambridge)

In the UK, more than a half of all women of reproductive age and almost a third of pregnant women are overweight or obese.

(Exercise in pregnancy improves health of obese mothers by restoring their tissues, University of Cambridge)

Children grow at different rates, so it isn't always easy to know when a child is obese or overweight.

(Obesity in Children, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)