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Meaning of fat in English

  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 »
  2. Classifying Adjective

    fat

    Definitions

    1. having a relatively large diameter

    Examples

    • « a fat rope »

    Synonyms

    • thick
  3. 2. lucrative

    Examples

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

    Synonyms

    • profitable
  4. 3. marked by great fruitfulness

    Examples

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

    Synonyms

    • fruitful
  5. 4. a chubby body

    Examples

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

    Synonyms

    • endomorphic
    • pyknic
  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 »
  8. 3. excess bodily weight

    Examples

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

    Antonyms

    • leanness
    • thinness
  9. Qualitative Adjective

    fat

    Definitions

    1. having much flesh (especially fat)

    Examples

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

    Synonyms

    • abdominous
    • paunchy
    • potbellied
    • blubbery
    • buxom
    • chubby
    • embonpoint
    • plump
    • zaftig
    • zoftig
    • compact
    • heavyset
    • stocky
    • thick
    • thickset
    • corpulent
    • obese
    • weighty
    • rotund
    • double-chinned
    • jowly
    • loose-jowled
    • dumpy
    • podgy
    • pudgy
    • tubby
    • fattish
    • fleshy
    • heavy
    • overweight
    • gross
    • porcine
    • portly
    • stout

    Antonyms

    • thin
    • lean
  10. 2. containing or composed of fat

    Examples

    • « fatty food »
    • « fat tissue »

    Synonyms

    • adipose
    • buttery
    • greasy
    • oily
    • sebaceous
    • oleaginous
    • suety
    • superfatted

    Antonyms

    • nonfat
    • fat-free
    • fatless

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