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Overweight   /ˌoʊvərwˈeɪt/   Listen
Overweight

adjective
1.
Usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it.  Synonyms: fleshy, heavy.






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"Overweight" Quotes from Famous Books



... administrative drones in general). From an old joke about two lions who, escaping from the zoo, split up to increase their chances but agree to meet after 2 months. When they finally meet, one is skinny and the other overweight. The thin one says: "How did you manage? I ate a human just once and they turned out a small army to chase me — guns, nets, it was terrible. Since then I've been reduced to eating mice, insects, even grass." The fat one replies: "Well, ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0

... battalion being under orders to depart within ten days, a final Church Parade was ordered, at which only soldiers and their kin were permitted to be present. The preacher for the day falling ill from an overweight of war work, and Barry being in the city with nothing to do, the duty of preaching at this Parade Service ...
— The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land • Ralph Connor



Words linked to "Overweight" :   fleshy, obesity, fat, stoutness, corpulence, corpulency, fleshiness, heavy



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