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o·bese

 (ō-bēs′)
adj.
Having excessive body weight caused by the accumulation of fat; extremely fat. See Synonyms at fat.
[Latin obēsus, from past participle of *obedere, to eat away : ob-, away; see ob- + edere, to eat; see ed- in Indo-European roots.]
o·bese′ly adv.
o·bese′ness n.
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obese

(əʊˈbiːs)
adj
1. excessively fat or fleshy; corpulent
2. (Medicine) excessively fat or fleshy; corpulent
[C17: from Latin obēsus, from ob- (intensive) + edere to eat]
oˈbesity, oˈbeseness n
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o•bese

(oʊˈbis)

adj.
very fat or overweight; corpulent.
[1645–55; < Latin obēsus plump, fat]
o•bese′ly, adv.
o•be′si•ty, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.obese - excessively fatobese - excessively fat; "a weighty man"  
corpulent, rotund, weighty
fat - having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"
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obese

adjective fat, overweight, heavy, solid, gross, plump, stout, fleshy, beefy (informal), tubby, portly, outsize, roly-poly, rotund, podgy, corpulent, elephantine, paunchy, well-upholstered (informal), Falstaffian Obese people tend to have higher blood pressure than lean ones.
thin, lean, slender, skinny, gaunt, skeletal, emaciated, scraggy
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obese

adjective
Having too much flesh:
corpulent, fat, fatty, fleshy, gross, overblown, overweight, porcine, portly, stout, weighty.
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Translations
بَدِينٌسَمين
obézní
smækfedfed
liikalihava
pretiogojazan
elhízott
akfeitur
肥満した
뚱뚱한
nutukimas
tukls, korpulents
otyłyotyłaotyłe
obez
mycket överviktig
อ้วนเกินไป
çok şişmanobez
béo phì

obese

[əʊˈbiːs] ADJ → obeso
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

obese

[əʊˈbiːs] adj → obèse
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

obese

adj → fettleibig (form, Med), → feist (pej)
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obese

[əʊˈbiːs] adj (frm) → obeso/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

obese

(əˈbiːs) adjective
(of people) very fat.
oˈbesity noun
Obesity is a danger to health.
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obese

→ بَدِينٌ obézní smækfed fettleibig παχύσαρκος obeso liikalihava obèse pretio obeso 肥満した 뚱뚱한 zwaarlijvig fet otyły obeso страдающий ожирением mycket överviktig อ้วนเกินไป obez béo phì 肥胖的
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o·bese

a. obeso-a, excesivamente grueso-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

obese

adj obeso
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His round and obese body seemed to float low between the chairs under the sharp elbow of Karl Yundt.
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