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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
Sense 1
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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