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Definition of Lose weight
1. Verb. Take off weight.
Specialized synonyms: Sweat Off
Generic synonyms: Change State, Turn
Antonyms: Gain
Derivative terms: Reducing
Definition of Lose weight
1. Verb. (intransitive) to become less heavy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lose Weight
Literary usage of Lose weight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Getting Fit Your Way: A Self-paced Fitness Guide (1993)
"Your eating and activity habits determine whether you gain or lose weight.
They determine how many calories you take in (that is, how much you eat, ..."
2. The Medical Times and Gazette (1874)
"... with few exceptions, lose weight during the first days of their existence.
For the first day the lose varies from 30 to 100 grammes, and it may continue ..."
3. Fasting: The Ultimate Diet by Allan Cott (1997)
"The rate at which you lose weight is generally in proportion to the degree you
... Men, because they tend to be larger and heavier, lose weight more quickly ..."
4. Annual of the Universal Medical Sciencesedited by [Anonymus AC02809657] edited by [Anonymus AC02809657] (1894)
"They usually lose weight for two days, to the extent of 200 grammes (6J ounces) or
... Infants born at the seventh month lose weight for four days and never ..."
5. Text-book of Homeopathic Materia Medica by George Royal (1920)
"The Calcarea carb. patients always perspire freely and lose weight rapidly in
spite of the fact that they consume an enormous amount of food. ..."
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