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Fat

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Noun

1. fat

a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)

Example Sentences:
'pizza has too much fat'

2. 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

Example Sentences:
'fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold'

3. avoirdupois, blubber, fat, fatness

excess bodily weight

Example Sentences:
'she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others'

Verb

4. fat, fatten, fatten out, fatten up, fill out, flesh out, plump, plump out

make fat or plump

Example Sentences:
'We will plump out that poor starving child'

Adjective

5. fat

having an (over)abundance of flesh

Example Sentences:
'he hadn't remembered how fat she was'

6. fat

having a relatively large diameter

Example Sentences:
'a fat rope'

7. fat, fatty

containing or composed of fat

Example Sentences:
'fatty food'
'fat tissue'

8. fat, juicy

lucrative

Example Sentences:
'a juicy contract'
'a nice fat job'

9. fat, fertile, productive, rich

marked by great fruitfulness

Example Sentences:
'fertile farmland'
'a fat land'
'a productive vineyard'
'rich soil'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fat

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noun
1. 
any of a class of naturally occurring soft greasy solids that are esters of glycerol and certain fatty acids. They are present in some plants and in the adipose tissue of animals, forming a reserve energy source, and are used in making soap and paint and in the food industry
See also oil (sense 1)
2. 
vegetable or animal tissue containing fat
▶ Related adjectives: adipose, lipoid, stearic
3. 
corpulence, obesity, or plumpness
4. 
the best or richest part of something
5. 
a part in a play that gives an actor a good opportunity to show his or her talents
6.  chew the fat
7.  the fat is in the fire
8.  the fat of the land
adjectiveWord forms: fatter or fattest
9. 
having much or too much flesh or fat
10. 
consisting of or containing fat; greasy
fat pork
11. 
profitable; lucrative
a fat year
12. 
affording great opportunities
a fat part in the play
13. 
fertile or productive
a fat land
14. 
thick, broad, or extended
a fat log of wood
15. 
having a high content of a particular material or ingredient, such as resin in wood or oil in paint
16. 
plentifully supplied
a fat larder
17. slang
empty; stupid
get this into your fat head
18. slang
very little or none; minimal (in phrases such as a fat chance, a fat lot of good, etc)
verbWord forms: fats, fatting or fatted
19. 
to make or become fat; fatten

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Fat

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈfatter or ˈfattest
1. 
a. 
containing or full of fat; oily; greasy
b. 
having much fat in relation to lean
said of meat
c. 
containing volatile oil
fat coal
d. 
containing much resin
fat wood
2. 
a. 
fleshy; plump
b. 
too plump; corpulent; obese
3. 
thick; broad
the fat part of the bat
4. 
containing something valuable in great quantity; fertile; productive
fat land
5. 
profitable; lucrative
a fat job
6. 
prosperous
7. 
supplied plentifully; ample
8. 
stupid; dull
9.  Slang
desirable because large or important
a fat role for an actor
noun
10. 
any of various mixtures of solid or semisolid triglycerides found in adipose animal tissue or in the seeds of plants: they are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents
11. 
any such substance used in cooking
12. 
fleshiness; plumpness; corpulence
13. 
the richest or finest part of anything
14. 
anything unnecessary or superfluous that can be trimmed away
15.  Chemistry
a class of neutral lipids consisting of the various triglycerides: they are called oils if in the liquid state
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈfatted or ˈfatting
16. 
to make or become fat
see also fatten

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Fat

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n.
1.
a. The ester of glycerol and one, two, or three fatty acids.
b. Any of various soft, solid, or semisolid organic compounds constituting the esters of glycerol and fatty acids and their associated organic groups.
c. A mixture of such compounds occurring widely in organic tissue, especially in the adipose tissue of animals and in the seeds, nuts, and fruits of plants.
d. Animal tissue containing such substances.
e. A solidified animal or vegetable oil.
2. Obesity; corpulence: health risks associated with fat.
3. Unnecessary excess: "would drain the appropriation's fat without cutting into education's muscle" (New York Times).
adj. fat·ter, fat·test
1. Having much or too much fat or flesh; plump or obese.
2. Full of fat or oil; greasy.
3. Abounding in desirable elements: a paycheck fat with bonus money.
4. Fertile or productive; rich: "It was a fine, green, fat landscape" (Robert Louis Stevenson).
5. Having an abundance or amplitude; well-stocked: a fat larder.
6.
a. Yielding profit or plenty; lucrative or rewarding: a fat promotion.
b. Prosperous; wealthy: grew fat on illegal profits.
7.
a. Thick; large: a fat book.
b. Puffed up; swollen: a fat lip.
tr. & intr.v. fat·ted, fat·ting, fats
To make or become fat; fatten.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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