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put on weight

put on weight verb: to experience a weight gain, to increase in weight.

Verb

put on weight (third-person singular simple present puts on weight, present participle putting on weight, simple past and past participle put on weight)

  1. To experience a weight gain, to increase in weight.
    Synonyms:
    gain weight

put on weight meaning in Tagalog, Arabic and Thai

put on weight in Tagalog

to become heavier
tumaba

put on weight in Arabic

to become heavier
اِزْدَادَ وَزْنًا izdāda waznan, اِكْتَسَبَ وَزْنًا iktasaba waznan

put on weight in Thai

to become heavier
เพิ่มน้ำหนัก pə̂əm nám-nàk

Synonyms of put on weight

Antonyms

Forms of put on weight

third-person singular presentputs on weight
present participleputting on weight
past participleput on weight
pastput on weight

Questions about put on weight

What does put on weight mean?
Put on weight means to experience a weight gain, to increase in weight.
What is put on weight in Tagalog?
Put on weight in Tagalog is tumaba. See Put on weight meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is put on weight?
Put on weight is a verb.
What is the past tense of put on weight?
The past tense of put on weight is put on weight.

Words near put on weight in the dictionary

  1. put on the map
  2. put on the pounds
  3. put on the red light
  4. put on the ritz
  5. put on the spot
  6. put on weight
  7. put one across
  8. put one foot in front of the other
  9. put one over
  10. put one past
  11. put one's affairs in order

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