A usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else. A tangle of growth occurring at the top of trees involving vines and branches, common in jungles.
An excessive growth or increase in numbers, as in a population of weeds or microbes.
Excessive size; usually caused by over-production of growth hormone from the pituitary gland.
overweight
overweight
adj
(investment, finance, followed by a noun or prepositional phrase indicating a security or type of security) Having a portfolio relatively heavily invested in.
(of a person) Having a higher weight, especially body fat, than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.
(transport, law, of a vehicle) Weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce.
noun
(countable) An overweight person.
(countable, investment, finance) A security or class of securities in which one has a heavy concentration.
(uncountable, chiefly transport, law) An excess of weight.
(uncountable, healthcare) The condition of being overweight.
verb
(transitive) To place excessive weight or emphasis on; to overestimate the importance of.
(transitive) To weigh down: to put too heavy a burden on.
wavelength
wavelength
noun
(figurative) A person's attitude and way of thinking as compared to another person's.
(physics) The length of a single cycle of a wave, as measured by the distance between one peak or trough of a wave and the next; it is often designated in physics as λ, and corresponds to the velocity of the wave divided by its frequency.
