fat

1. 1

   Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.derogatorysometimes

   • The fat man had problems going through the door.
   • The fattest pig should yield the most meat.
2. 2

   Thick; large.

   • The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers.
3. 3

   Bulbous; rotund.

   • So this was my future home, I thought! […] Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a d
4. 4

   Bountiful.

5. 5

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

6. 6

   Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.obsolete

   • 1855 July 21, Ralph Waldo Emerson, letter to Walter Whitman making our western wits fat & mean
7. 7

   Fertile; productive.

   • a fat soil; a fat pasture
8. 8

   Rich; producing a large income; desirable.

   • It's a fat contract for a fat part in the film, so he’ll grown fat on the profits.
   • a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job
9. 9

   Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.

   • , "Why Christ's Doctrine was Rejected" persons grown fat and wealthy by a long and successful imposture
10. 10

    Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.dated

    • a fat take; a fat page

syn. chubby · chunky · corpulent · lardy · obese · overweight · plump · porky · rotund · tubby · well-fed · bountiful

ant. Of sense: lean · skinny · slender · slim · thin

1. 1

   A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.uncountableusually

   • Mammals that hibernate have plenty of fat to keep them warm during the winter.
2. 2

   A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.; Such tissue as food: the fatty portion of (or trimmings from) meat cuts.uncountableusually

   • Ask the butcher for a few pounds of fat for our greens.
3. 3

   A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.countableusually

   • Dietary fat is not the evil that it was once misapprehended to be; carbs are increasingly recognized as a bigger driver of atherosclerosis via chronic insulin resistance and the vascular processes that cascade from it.
4. 4

   That part of an organization deemed wasteful.uncountableusually

   • We need to trim the fat in this company
5. 5

   An erection.slanguncountableusually

   • I saw Daniel crack a fat.
6. 6

   A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)uncountableusually

7. 7

   The best or richest productions; the best part.uncountableusually

   • to live on the fat of the land
8. 8

   Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor.dateduncountableusually

9. 9

   A fat person.derogatoryinformaluncountable

   • Prefer military, bodybuilders, jocks. No smokers or fats please.
10. 10

    A beef cattle fattened for sale.Australiauncountableusually

    • Before riding over to the fats we'll have a look about us.
    • He was droving his mob of fats to Derby, to ship by the southern boat for Fremantle.

syn. fatso see also Thesaurus:fat person · blubber · fat · flab · speck · weight · adipose tissue · lard · suet · grease

1. 1

   To make fat; to fatten.archaictransitive

   • kill the fatted calf
2. 2

   To become fat; to fatten.archaicintransitive

3. 3

   To hit (a golf ball) with a fat shot.transitive

   • “On this one hole, Donald hits his second and fats it into the water,” Faxon remembers. “But he quickly says to me, ‘Hey, throw me another ball; they weren’t looking.’ So I do. But he fats that one into the water, too. So he drives up and d

1. 1

   A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.obsolete

   • And the floores ſhall bee full of wheate, and the fats ſhall ouerflowe with wine and oyle.
2. 2

   A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.obsolete

syn. blubber · fat · flab · speck · weight · vat · adipose tissue · lard

1. 1

   A fop or dandy.

   • I took my revenge on this ‘fat’, by making him as fatuitous as I possibly could.
   • Ursula was amazed and indignant at the way he made small-talk; he was adept as any fat in Christendom.

syn. blubber · fat · flab · speck · weight · adipose tissue · lard