Meaning of fat in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Definitions
  3. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  4. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions
  5. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /fæt/

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  1. Verb

    fat

    Definitions

    1. make fat or plump

    Examples

    • « We will plump out that poor starving child »

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  2. Classifying Adjective

    fat

    Definitions

    1. having a relatively large diameter

    Examples

    • « a fat rope »

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  3. 2. lucrative

    Examples

    • « a juicy contract »
    • « a nice fat job »

    Synonyms

  4. 3. marked by great fruitfulness

    Examples

    • « fertile farmland »
    • « a fat land »
    • « a productive vineyard »
    • « rich soil »

    Synonyms

  5. 4. a chubby body

    Examples

    • « the boy had a rounded face and fat cheeks »

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  6. Noun

    fat

    Etymology

    Old English fǣtt ‘well fed, plump’, also ‘fatty, oily’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vet and German feist

    Definitions

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

    Examples

    • « pizza has too much fat »
  7. 2. a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy

    Examples

    • « adipose tissue also cushions and insulates vital organs »
    • « fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold »

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  8. 3. excess bodily weight

    Examples

    • « she found fatness disgusting in herself as well as in others »

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  9. Qualitative Adjective

    fat

    Definitions

    1. having much flesh (especially fat)

    Examples

    • « he hadn't remembered how fat she was »

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  10. 2. containing or composed of fat

    Examples

    • « fatty food »
    • « fat tissue »

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