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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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Adj. | 1. | ![]() 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
thin, lean, slender, skinny, gaunt, skeletal, emaciated, scraggy
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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
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
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obese
adj → fettleibig (form, Med), → feist (pej)
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obese
[əʊˈbiːs] adj (frm) → obeso/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
obese
(əˈbiːs) adjective (of people) very fat.
oˈbesity nounObesity 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Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
o·bese
a. obeso-a, excesivamente grueso-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
obese
adj obesoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.