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gain weight

gain weight verb: to become more heavy or obese.

Verb

gain weight (third-person singular simple present gains weight, present participle gaining weight, simple past and past participle gained weight)

  1. (intransitive) To become more heavy or obese.
    Antonyms:
    lose weight
  2. To be taken more seriously. (of an idea, view etc.)
    • This view gaining weight, steps were taken to reopen negotiations with the L.N.W.R.1939 July, John D. Hewitt, “Some Notable British Main Lines: 1. Settle and Carlisle, L.M.S.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 35

Synonyms of gain weight

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Forms of gain weight

third-person singular presentgains weight
present participlegaining weight
past participlegained weight
pastgained weight

Questions about gain weight

What does gain weight mean?
Gain weight means to become more heavy or obese.
What part of speech is gain weight?
Gain weight is a verb.
What is the past tense of gain weight?
The past tense of gain weight is gained weight.

Words near gain weight in the dictionary

  1. gain times
  2. gain traction
  3. gain twist
  4. gain twists
  5. gain upon
  6. gain weight
  7. gain'd
  8. gain-
  9. gain-of-function
  10. gain-of-function research
  11. gain-of-function researches

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