lose weight

verb

To become less heavy or obese.

“You look slimmer these days? Have you lost weight?”

Opposite
gain weightput on weight
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Meanings

verblose weight (third-person singular simple present loses weight, present participle losing weight, simple past and past participle lost weight)

present singular third person loses weight · participle present losing weight · participle past lost weight · past lost weight

  1. intransitiveTo become less heavy or obese.

    You look slimmer these days? Have you lost weight?

    1 more example

    I'll need to lose weight if I want to fit into my old jeans.

    Antonyms: gain weight, put on weight

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo become less heavy or obese.

Opposite
gain weightput on weight
Also see
slim down

Translations

Afrikaans vermaer
  • vermaerto become less heavy or obese
Arabic فَقَدَ وَزْن
  • فَقَدَ وَزْن (faqada wazn)to become less heavy or obese
Bulgarian отслабвам, отслабна
  • отслабвам (otslabvam)to become less heavy or obese
  • отслабна (otslabna)to become less heavy or obese
Chinese Cantonese 減肥 /减肥
  • 減肥 /减肥 (gaam² fei⁴)to become less heavy or obese
Chinese Mandarin 減肥 /减肥
  • 減肥 /减肥 (jiǎnféi)to become less heavy or obese
Czech zhubnout
  • zhubnoutto become less heavy or obese
Dutch vermageren
  • vermagerento become less heavy or obese
Esperanto malpeziĝi
  • malpeziĝito become less heavy or obese
Finnish laihtua, laihduttaa
  • laihtuato become less heavy or obese
  • laihduttaato become less heavy or obese
French perdre du poids, maigrir
  • perdre du poidsto become less heavy or obese
  • maigrirto become less heavy or obese
German abnehmen, abmagern
  • abnehmento become less heavy or obese
  • abmagernto become less heavy or obese
Greek αδυνατίζω
  • αδυνατίζω (adynatízo)to become less heavy or obese
Hebrew ירד במשקל
  • ירד במשקל (yarád ba-mishkál)to become less heavy or obese
Hungarian fogy
  • fogyto become less heavy or obese
Japanese 体重を減らす, 痩せる
  • 体重を減らす (taijū o herasu)to become less heavy or obese
  • 痩せる (yaseru)to become less heavy or obese
Korean 살이 빠지다, 체중이 줄다
  • 살이 빠지다 (sar-i ppajida)to become less heavy or obese
  • 체중이 줄다 (chejung-i julda)to become less heavy or obese
  • 체중을 감소시키다 (chejung-eul gamsosikida)to become less heavy or obese
  • 여위다 (yeowida)to become less heavy or obese
Latin mācrēscō
  • mācrēscōto become less heavy or obese
Norwegian Bokmål gå ned i vekt
  • gå ned i vektto become less heavy or obese
Polish chudnąć, schudnąć
  • chudnąćto become less heavy or obese
  • schudnąćto become less heavy or obese
  • szczuplećto become less heavy or obese
  • zeszczuplećto become less heavy or obese
Portuguese perder peso, emagrecer
  • perder pesoto become less heavy or obese
  • emagrecerto become less heavy or obese
  • adelgaçarto become less heavy or obese
  • emagrarto become less heavy or obese
Romanian slăbi
  • slăbito become less heavy or obese
Russian худе́ть, похуде́ть
  • худе́ть (xudétʹ)to become less heavy or obese
  • похуде́ть (poxudétʹ)to become less heavy or obese
  • сбра́сывать вес (sbrásyvatʹ ves)to become less heavy or obese
  • сбро́сить вес (sbrósitʹ ves)to become less heavy or obese
Spanish perder peso, bajar de peso
  • perder pesoto become less heavy or obese
  • bajar de pesoto become less heavy or obese
  • adelgazarto become less heavy or obese
  • adelgazarseto become less heavy or obese
  • enflaquecerto become less heavy or obese
  • enflaquecerseto become less heavy or obese
Swedish gå ner i vikt
  • gå ner i viktto become less heavy or obese
Tagalog mangayayat
  • mangayayatto become less heavy or obese
Thai ลดน้ำหนัก
  • ลดน้ำหนัก (lót nám-nàk)to become less heavy or obese
Turkish zayıflamak
  • zayıflamakto become less heavy or obese
Ukrainian ху́днути, сху́днути
  • ху́днути (xúdnuty)to become less heavy or obese
  • сху́днути (sxúdnuty)to become less heavy or obese
Welsh colli pwysau, teneuo
  • colli pwysauto become less heavy or obese
  • teneuoto become less heavy or obese
Cite this entry
APA

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Chicago

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