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LOSE WEIGHT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does lose weight mean?

• LOSE WEIGHT (verb)
The verb LOSE WEIGHT has 1 sense:

1. take off weight

Familiarity information: LOSE WEIGHT used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LOSE WEIGHT (verb)

Sense 1

lose weight ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Take off weight

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

lose weight; melt off; slim; slim down; slenderize; thin; reduce

Hypernyms (to "lose weight" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lose weight"):

sweat off (lose weight by sweating)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

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