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Meaning of 'fat' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fat [ a.]
- To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep.
2 . Fat [ n.]
- A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.
- A measure of quantity, differing for different commodities.
- 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.
- The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land.
- Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor.
3 . Fat [ superl.]
- Abounding with fat
- Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox.
- Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food.
- Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
- Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.
- Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job.
- Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
- 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.
4 . Fat [ v. i.]
- To grow fat, plump, and fleshy.

Meaning of 'fat' (Princeton's WordNet)

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

Nearby Words:

fat-brained fat-kidneyed fat-wited fata morgana fatal fatalism fatalist fatalistic fatalities fatality

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