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Definition of 'fat'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) fat
any of several oily solids or semisolids that are water-insoluble esters of glycerol with fatty acids and are the chief component of animal adipose tissue and many plant seeds: used in cookery and in the manufacture of soaps and other products.

2.  fat
animal tissue containing much of this substance.

3.  fat
obesity; corpulence.

4.  fat
the richest or best part of anything:
the fat of the land.

5.  fat
an overabundance or excess; superfluity or reserve:
a budget without fat.

6. (adj.) fat
having too much flabby tissue; corpulent; obese:
a fat person.

7.  fat
plump; well-fed:
a fat chicken.

8.  fat
consisting of or containing fat; greasy; oily:
fat meat.

9.  fat
profitable; lucrative:
a fat job in government.

10.  fat
affording good opportunities, esp. for gain:
a fat recording contract.

11.  fat
wealthy; prosperous; rich:
to grow fat on bribes and graft.

12.  fat
big, broad, or extended; thick:
a fat roll of fifty-dollar bills.

13.  fat
plentiful; abundant:
a fat supply of food.

14.  fat
plentifully supplied:
a fat larder.

15.  fat
dull; stupid.

16.  fat
(of paint) having more oil than pigment.

17.  fat
fertile, as land; productive.

18. (v.i.) fat
to make or become fat.

19.  fat
something has been done or started that cannot be reversed and will probably have dramatic or serious consequences.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME; OE fæmacr;tt)

Definition of 'fat'

Princeton's WordNet

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"

Definition of 'fat'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) fat
(of a person) weighing more than normal
Am I getting fat?; a big fat pig

2.  fat
thicker than normal
a fat envelope stuffed with cash

3.  fat
(of an amount of money) large
a nice fat paycheck

4.  fat
fat chance
indicates you do not believe sth will happen
"Maybe she'll keep it a secret." "Fat chance!"

5. (noun) fat
the yellowish soft substance under the skin
animals storing fat to keep them warm in Winter

6.  fat
a substance in food that the body uses for energy
too much fat in your diet; foods low in fat

7.  fat
plant or animal products, such as oil, used in cooking
butter and other cooking fats

Definition of 'fat'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) fat
to make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep

2. (noun) fat
a large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat

3. (noun) fat
a measure of quantity, differing for different commodities

4. (noun) fat
an oily liquid or greasy substance making up the main bulk of the adipose tissue of animals, and widely distributed in the seeds of plants. See Adipose tissue, under Adipose

5. (noun) fat
the best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land

6. (noun) fat
work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor

7.  fat
abounding with fat

8.  fat
fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox

9.  fat
oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food

10.  fat
exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid

11.  fat
fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture

12.  fat
rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job

13.  fat
abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate

14.  fat
of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; -- said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page

15. (verb) fat
to grow fat, plump, and fleshy

Translation of 'fat'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: an oily substance made by the bodies of animals and by some plants This meat has got a lot of fat on it.
Afrikaans: vet	Arabic: دُهْن، دَسَم	Bulgarian: мазнина
Brazilian: gordura	Czech: tuk	German: das Fett
Danish: fedt	Greek: λίπος	Spanish: grasa
Estonian: rasv	Farsi: چربی	Finnish: rasva
French: gras	Hebrew: שוּמָן	Hindi: चर्बी
Croatian: mast, ulje	Hungarian: zsír	Indonesian: lemak
Icelandic: fita	Italian: grasso	Japanese: 脂肪
Korean: 지방	Lithuanian: riebalai	Latvian: tauki; speķis
Malay: lemak	Dutch: vet	Norwegian: fett
Polish: tłuszcz	Persian: چربی	Pashto: څورب
Portuguese: gordura	Romanian: grăsime	Russian: жир
Slovak: tuk	Slovenian: maščoba	Serbian: masnoća
Swedish: fett	Thai: ไขมัน	Turkish: yağ
Taiwanese: 脂肪	Ukrainian: сало	Urdu: حیوانی چربی اور کچھ نباتا
Vietnamese: mỡ; chất béo	Chinese: 脂肪
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