attenuate vs overweight

attenuate

adj
  • Gradually tapering into a petiole-like extension toward the base. 

verb
  • To reduce the amplitude of an electrical, radio, or optical signal. 

  • To weaken. 

  • To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree. 

  • To become thin or fine; to grow less. 

  • To rarefy. 

  • (of a beer) To become less dense as a result of the conversion of sugar to alcohol. 

  • To reduce the virulence of a bacterium or virus. 

  • To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying. 

overweight

verb
  • To place excessive weight or emphasis on; to overestimate the importance of. 

  • To weigh down: to put too heavy a burden on. 

noun
  • An overweight person. 

  • The condition of being overweight. 

  • An excess of weight. 

  • A security or class of securities in which one has a heavy concentration. 

adj
  • Having a higher weight, especially body fat, than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height. 

  • Weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce. 

  • Having a portfolio relatively heavily invested in. 

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