1. (noun) fat
a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
"pizza has too much fat"
2. (noun) adipose tissue, fat, fatty tissue
a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs
"fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold"
3. (adj) fatness, fat, blubber, avoirdupois
excess bodily weight
"she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others"
4. (adj) fat
having an (over)abundance of flesh
"he hadn't remembered how fat she was"
5. (adj) fat
having a relatively large diameter
"a fat rope"
6. (adj) fatty, fat
containing or composed of fat
"fatty food"; "fat tissue"
7. (adj) fat, juicy
lucrative
"a juicy contract"; "a nice fat job"
8. (verb) fat, fertile, productive, rich
marked by great fruitfulness
"fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil"
9. (verb) fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
make fat or plump
"We will plump out that poor starving child"
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