Fat

[fæt]

Definition

(noun.) a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides); 'pizza has too much fat'.

(adj.) having an (over)abundance of flesh; 'he hadn't remembered how fat she was' .

(adj.) marked by great fruitfulness; 'fertile farmland'; 'a fat land'; 'a productive vineyard'; 'rich soil' .

(adj.) lucrative; 'a juicy contract'; 'a nice fat job' .

(adj.) having a relatively large diameter; 'a fat rope' .

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Definition

(n.) A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.

(n.) A measure of quantity, differing for different commodities.

(superl.) Abounding with fat

(superl.) Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox.

(superl.) Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food.

(superl.) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.

(superl.) Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.

(superl.) Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job.

(superl.) Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.

(superl.) 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.

(n.) 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.

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

(n.) Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor.

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

(v. i.) To grow fat, plump, and fleshy.

Typist: Sanford

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Oleaginous, unctuous, adipose, oily, greasy, fatty.[2]. Plump, fleshy, corpulent, obese, portly, pursy, not lean, not slender.[3]. Coarse, heavy, dull, sluggish, stupid, fat-witted.[4]. Rich, profitable, lucrative.[5]. Fertile, fruitful, productive, not barren.

Checker: Nona

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Corpulent, fleshy, brawny, pursy, rich, luxuriant, portly, stout, fertile,unctuous, obese, oleaginous

ANT:Lean, slender, attenuated, emaciated, barren, poor, scant, narrowless,exsanguineous, anatomical

Checker: Roy

Definition

adj. plump fleshy: fruitful esp. profitable: gross: thick full-bodied esp. of printing-types.—n. an oily substance under the skin: solid animal oil: the richest part of anything.—v.t. to make fat.—v.i. to grow fat:—pr.p. fat′ting; pa.p. fat′ted.—adj. Fat′brained (Shak.) dull of apprehension.—ns. Fat′-hen (prov.) any one of various plants of thick succulent foliage esp. pigweed orach and ground-ivy; Fat′ling a young animal fattened for slaughter.—adj. small and fat.—n. Fat′-lute a mixture of pipe-clay and linseed-oil for filling joints &c.—adv. Fat′ly grossly: in a lumbering manner.—n. Fat′ness quality or state of being fat: fullness of flesh: richness: fertility: that which makes fertile.—v.t. Fat′ten to make fat or fleshy: to make fertile.—v.i. to grow fat.—ns. Fat′tener he who or that which fattens; Fat′tening the process of making fat: state of growing fat; Fat′tiness.—adjs. Fat′tish somewhat fat; Fat′-witted dull stupid; Fat′ty containing fat or having the qualities of fat.—Fat images those in relief.—The fat is in the fire things have gone to confusion.

n. a vessel for holding liquids: a vat: a dry measure of nine bushels.

Typed by Jed

Unserious Contents or Definition

To dream that you are getting fat, denotes that you are about to make a fortunate change in your life. To see others fat, signifies prosperity. See Corpulent.

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Examples

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