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fat (fat)

adjective fatter fat′·ter, fattest fat′·test

    1. containing or full of fat; oily; greasy
    2. having much fat in relation to lean: said of meat
    3. containing volatile oil fat coal
    4. containing much resin fat wood
    1. fleshy; plump
    2. 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

Etymology: ME < OE fætt, pp. of fætan, to fatten, akin to Ger feist, plump < OHG feizzen, to make fat < IE *poid- < base *pi-, to be fat, distended > Gr pimelē, lard, Sans pīná-, fat

noun

  1. 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
  2. any such substance used in cooking
  3. fleshiness; plumpness; corpulence
  4. the richest or finest part of anything
  5. anything unnecessary or superfluous that can be trimmed away
  6. Chem. a class of neutral lipids consisting of the various triglycerides: they are called oils if in the liquid state

transitive verb, intransitive verb fatted fat′·ted, fatting fat′·ting

to make or become fat

Etymology: ME fatten < OE fættian

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fat Idioms

a fat chance

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Slang very little or no chance

a fat lot

Slang very little or nothing

chew the fat

Slang to talk together; chat

live off (or on) the fat of the land

Etymology: after LL(Ec) medulla terrae, Gen. 45:18

to have, use, or enjoy the finest things, in abundance; live in luxury

the fat is in the fire

the unfortunate thing has happened and cannot be undone

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fat

modif.

  1. Having excess flesh

    plump, heavy, overweight, obese, corpulent, portly, stout, fleshy, chubby, potbellied, paunchy, beefy, brawny, solid, plumpish, pleasantly plump, rotund, burly, bulky, unwieldly, husky, stocky, heavyset, thickset, chunky, tubby, pudgy, roly-poly, round, dumpy, flabby, puffy, weighty, hefty, meaty, on the heavy side, well-fed, in need of dieting, pursy, abdominous, adipose, porcine, big, massive, swollen, bloated, hypertrophied, ponderous, lumpish, gross, blowzy, broad in the beam*; see also large 1.

    Antonyms thin*, lean*, skinny. *

  2. Having a large cross section

    thick, broad, big; see broad 1, deep 2.

  3. Productive

    rich, fruitful, profitable; see fertile 1.

  4. Oily

    greasy, fatty, oleaginous; see fatty, oily 1.

chew the fat*

chat, gossip, confer; see talk 1.


fat

n.

  1. blubber, grease, adipose tissue, hydrogenated vegetable fat, tallow, suet, lard, shortening, oil, lipid, flab*.

    Edible fats include: butter, butterfat, oleomargarine, margarine, lard, cottonseed oil, olive oil, corn oil, vegetable oil, canola oil, fish oil, coconut oil, palm oil, sesame oil, sunflower oil, soybean oil, safflower oil, cod-liver oil, peanut oil.

  2. Chemical terms used of edible fats include: saturated, unsaturated, monounsaturated, polyunsaturated, hydrogenated, partially hydrogenated.


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fat Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • saturate: Eating too much saturated fat is related to heart disease.

Adjective modifier

  • unsaturated: They also contain other unsaturated fats called ' essential fatty acids ' , which the body needs for good health.

Modifies a noun

  • fryer: Possibly appreciated more by the locals rather than by children, chips have been banished from the menu along with the deep fat fryer.

Used with adjective complement

  • saturate: You're also adding to the already high saturated fat by piling on more meat.

Noun used with modifier

  • trans: Soon after the suit was filed, public interest in trans fats peaked.
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fat quotes

Outside every fat man there was an even fatter man trying to close in. See also Connolly 233:82.

-Amis, Sir Kingsley

You can have yourcake and eat it: the only trouble is you get fat.

-Barnes,Julian Patrick

   I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.

-Bible (Old Testament)

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