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Overweight is a related term of rough.


As adjectives the difference between overweight and rough

is that overweight is (of a person) heavier than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height while rough is having a texture that has much friction not smooth; uneven.

As nouns the difference between overweight and rough

is that overweight is (chiefly|transport|legal|healthcare) an excess of weight while rough is the unmowed part of a golf course.

As verbs the difference between overweight and rough

is that overweight is to place excessive weight or emphasis on; to overestimate the importance of while rough is to create in an approximate form.

As an adverb rough is

in a rough manner; rudely; roughly.

overweight

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (of a person) heavier than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.
  • (transportation, legal, of a vehicle) weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce
  • * 1988 , U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, Gearing Up for Safety: Motor Carrier Safety in a Competitive Environment , ISBN 1428922504, page 38,
    • All States allow oversized vehicles if a special permit is obtained, although most States will grant overweight permits only for non-divisible loads.
  • * 1993 , Legacy in the Sand: Chemical Command in Operations Desert Shield & Desert Storm , ISBN 0788104756, page 74,
    • He got as far as the first weigh station, where troopers found his truck to be overweight and threatened to pull him off the road.
  • * 1998 , Collision of Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District Train 102 , ISBN 1428996532, page 48,
    • Postaccident examination of the vehicle indicated, for example, that the driver had not adequately maintained his logbook and that his vehicle had been overweight for travel in Indiana.
  • (investment, finance, followed by a noun or prepositional phrase indicating a security or type of security) Having a portfolio relatively heavily invested in.
    • Our portfolio is very overweight (in) Asian technology stocks.

    Synonyms

    * (of a person) clinically obese, fat, morbidly obese, obese, super obese * See also

    Noun

    (-)
  • (chiefly, transport, legal, healthcare) An excess of weight.
  • * 1976 , Acts of the Legislature of Louisiana, volume 1, page 445:
  • * 2007 , Josephine Martin, Charlotte Oakley, Managing child nutrition programs: leadership for excellence , page 462:
    • SCHOOL MEAL ISSUES FOR CHILDREN AT RISK FOR OVERWEIGHT
  • (investment, finance) A security or class of securities in which one has a heavy concentration.
    • Apple common stock is one of our overweights .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To place excessive weight or emphasis on; to overestimate the importance of.
  • *, II.8:
  • *:We also over-weight such vaine future conjectures, which infant-spirits give us.
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 11, Geraldine Fabrikant, work=New York Times, title= How Safe Is That Nest Egg, Anyhow?
    • , passage=Kinnel explained it, the problem at Select High Income was that it overweighted mortgage bonds and underweighted other types of corporate debt, a strategy that backfired when the mortgage market collapsed. }}

    Antonyms

    * underweight English heteronyms

    rough

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (colloquial) ruff

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having a texture that has much friction. Not smooth; uneven.
  • * 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1
    • The rock was one of those tremendously solid brown, or rather black, rocks which emerge from the sand like something primitive. Rough with crinkled limpet shells and sparsely strewn with locks of dry seaweed, a small boy has to stretch his legs far apart, and indeed to feel rather heroic, before he gets to the top.
  • Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.
    • a rough''' estimate; a '''rough sketch of a building
  • Turbulent.
    • The sea was rough .
  • Difficult; trying.
    • Being a teenager nowadays can be rough .
  • Crude; unrefined
    • His manners are a bit rough , but he means well.
  • Violent; not careful or subtle
    • This box has been through some rough handling.
  • Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating.
    • a rough''' tone; a '''rough voice
    (Alexander Pope)
  • Not polished; uncut; said of a gem.
    • a rough diamond
  • Harsh-tasting.
    • rough wine

    Antonyms

    * smooth

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The unmowed part of a golf course.
  • A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
  • (cricket) A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce.
  • The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created.
  • A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail, but larger and more detailed. Meant for artistic brainstorming and a vital step in the design process.
  • (obsolete) Boisterous weather.
    • (Fletcher)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To create in an approximate form.
    • Rough in the shape first, then polish the details.
  • To physically assault someone in retribution.
    • The gangsters roughed him up a little.
  • (ice hockey) To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.
  • To render rough; to roughen.
  • To break in (a horse, etc.), especially for military purposes.
    • (Crabb)

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • Sleeping rough on the trenches, and dying stubbornly in their boats.

    Derived terms

    * bit of rough * diamond in the rough * rough and ready * roughhouse * rough in * roughness * rough out * rough up