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fat  (ft)

n.

1.

a. The ester of glycerol and one, two, or three fatty acids.

b. Any of various soft, solid, or semisolid organic compounds constituting the esters of glycerol and fatty acids and their associated organic groups.

c. A mixture of such compounds occurring widely in organic tissue, especially in the adipose tissue of animals and in the seeds, nuts, and fruits of plants.

d. Animal tissue containing such substances.

e. A solidified animal or vegetable oil.

2. Obesity; corpulence.

3. The best or richest part: living off the fat of the land.

4. Unnecessary excess: "would drain the appropriation's fat without cutting into education's muscle" New York Times.

adj. fat·ter, fat·test

1. Having much or too much fat or flesh; plump or obese.

2. Full of fat or oil; greasy.

3. Abounding in desirable elements.

4. Fertile or productive; rich: "It was a fine, green, fat landscape" Robert Louis Stevenson.

5. Having an abundance or amplitude; well-stocked: a fat larder.

6.

a. Yielding profit or plenty; lucrative or rewarding: a fat promotion.

b. Prosperous; wealthy: grew fat on illegal profits.

7.

a. Thick; large: a fat book.

b. Puffed up; swollen: a fat lip.

tr. & intr.v. fat·ted, fat·ting, fats

To make or become fat; fatten.

Idioms:

a fat lot Slang

Very little or none at all: a fat lot of good it will do him.

fat chance Slang

Very little or no chance.

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[Middle English, from Old English ftt, fatted; see pei- in Indo-European roots.]

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fatly adv.

fatness n.

Synonyms: fat, obese, corpulent, fleshy, portly, stout, pudgy, rotund, plump¹, chubby
These adjectives mean having an abundance and often an excess of flesh. Fat implies excessive weight and generally has negative connotations: was getting fat and decided to exercise.
Obese and corpulent imply gross overweight: "a woman of robust frame . . . though stout, not obese" Charlotte Brontë. The dancer was corpulent but surprisingly graceful.
Fleshy implies a not necessarily excessive abundance of flesh: firm, fleshy arms.
Portly refers to bulk combined with a stately or imposing bearing: "a portly, rubicund man of middle age" Winston Churchill.
Stout denotes a thickset, bulky figure: a painting of stout peasants.
Pudgy means short and fat: pudgy fingers.
Rotund suggests roundness of figure, often in a squat person: "this pink-faced rotund specimen of prosperity" George Eliot.
Plump and chubby apply to a pleasing fullness of figure: a plump little toddler; chubby cheeks.

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fat

Adjective

[fatter, fattest]

1. having more flesh on the body than is thought necessary or desirable; overweight

2. (of meat) containing a lot of fat

3. thick or wide: his obligatory fat cigar

4. profitable or productive: fat years for the farmers are few and far between

5. a fat chance Slang unlikely to happen

6. a fat lot of good Slang not at all good or useful

Noun

1. extra or unwanted flesh on the body

2. a greasy or oily substance obtained from animals or plants and used in cooking

3. the fat is in the fire an action has been taken from which disastrous consequences are expected

4. the fat of the land the best that is obtainable [Old English fætt crammed]

fatless adj
fatness n

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fat  (ft)

Any of a large number of oily compounds that are widely found in plant and animal tissues and serve mainly as a reserve source of energy. In mammals, fat, or adipose tissue, is deposited beneath the skin and around the internal organs, where it also protects and insulates against heat loss. Fat is a necessary, efficient source of energy. An ounce of fat contains more than twice as much stored energy as does an ounce of protein or carbohydrates and is digested more slowly, resulting in the sensation of satiety after eating. It also enhances the taste, aroma, and texture of food. Fats are made chiefly of triglycerides, each molecule of which contains three fatty acids. Dietary fat supplies humans with essential fatty acids, such as linoleic acid and linolenic acid. Fat also regulates cholesterol metabolism and is a precursor of prostaglandins. See more at saturated fatunsaturated fat

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fat - a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides); "pizza has too much fat" adipose cell, fat cell - cells composed of fat edible fat - oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissue animal fat - any fat obtained from animals; "animal fat is high in saturated fatty acids" cocoa butter - a yellow-white fat from cocoa beans leaf fat, leaf lard - fat lining the abdomen and kidneys in hogs which is used to make lard acylglycerol, glyceride - an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils; "fresh fats contain glycerides of fatty acids and very little free acid" triglyceride - glyceride occurring naturally in animal and vegetable tissues; it consists of three individual fatty acids bound together in a single large molecule; an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body lipid, lipide, lipoid - an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates) medulla, myelin, myeline - a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers polyunsaturated fat - a class of fats having long carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated with hydrogen atoms; used in some margarines; supposedly associated with low blood cholesterol
	2.	fat - a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs; "fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold" adipose tissue, fatty tissue animal tissue - the tissue in the bodies of animals flab - loose or flaccid body fat atheroma - a fatty deposit in the intima (inner lining) of an artery; can obstruct blood flow cellulite - lumpy deposits of body fat especially on women's thighs etc. puppy fat - fat on the body of a baby or child; disappears at adolescence mons, mons pubis, mons veneris - a mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic area in women paunch, belly - a protruding abdomen love handle, spare tire - excess fat around the waistline
	3.	fat - excess bodily weight; "she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others" fatness, avoirdupois, blubber bodily property - an attribute of the body adiposeness, adiposity, fattiness - having the property of containing fat; "he recommended exercise to reduce my adiposity" abdominousness, paunchiness - the bodily property of a protruding belly greasiness, oiliness, oleaginousness - consisting of or covered with oil corpulency, fleshiness, obesity - more than average fatness steatopygia - an extreme accumulation of fat on the buttocks
Verb	1.	fat - make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child" fatten, fatten out, fatten up, flesh out, plump out, plump, fill out alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
Adj.	1.	fat - having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was" endomorphic, pyknic - having a squat and fleshy build; "a pyknic practical joke" rounded - curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders" thick - not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions; "an inch thick"; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets" lean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
	2.	fat - having a relatively large diameter; "a fat rope" thick - not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions; "an inch thick"; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets"
	3.	fat - containing or composed of fat; "fatty food"; "fat tissue" fatty
	4.	fat - lucrative; "a juicy contract"; "a nice fat job" juicy colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech profitable - yielding material gain or profit; "profitable speculation on the stock market"
	5.	fat - marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil" fertile, productive, rich fruitful - productive or conducive to producing in abundance; "be fruitful and multiply"

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fat

noun 1. fatness, flesh, bulk, obesity, cellulite, weight problem, flab, blubber, paunch, fatty tissue, adipose tissue, corpulence, beef (informal)

adjective 2. overweight, large, heavy, plump, gross, stout, obese, fleshy, beefy (informal) tubby, portly, roly-poly, rotund, podgy, corpulent, elephantine, broad in the beam (informal) solid << OPPOSITE thin

adjective 3. large, rich, substantial, thriving, flourishing, profitable, productive, lucrative, fertile, lush, prosperous, affluent, fruitful, cushy (slang) jammy Brit. (slang) remunerative << OPPOSITE scanty

adjective 4. fatty, greasy, lipid, adipose, oleaginous, suety, oily << OPPOSITE lean a fat chance (Slang) no chance, (a) slim chance, very little chance, not much chance

Translations

fat [fæt] adj → gordo; [meat] → con mucha grasa (= greasy); grasiento

n → grasa;

(on person) → carnes fpl (= lard); manteca;

to live off the fat of the land → vivir a cuerpo de rey

fat [fæt] adj → gros(se)

n → graisse f;

(on meat) → gras m;

(for cooking) → matière grasse;

to live off the fat of the land → vivre grassement

fat [fæt] adj → dick;

(person) → dick, fett (pej);

(animal) → fett;

(profit) → üppig

n → Fett nt;

that's a fat lot of use (inf) → das hilft herzlich wenig;

to live off the fat of the land → wie Gott in Frankreich or wie die Made im Speck leben

fat [fæt] adj → grasso/a

n → grasso;

to live off the fat of the land → vivere nel lusso, avere ogni ben di Dio

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fat

n fat [fӕt]

1 an oily substance made by the bodies of animals and by some plants This meat has got a lot of fat on it.vetدُهْن، دَسَمмазнинаtukfedtdas Fettλίποςgrasarasvچربیrasvagrasשוּמָןचर्बीmast, uljezsírlemakfitagrasso脂肪지방riebalaitauki; speķislemakvetfetttłuszczgorduragrăsimeжирtukmaščobamasnoćafettไขมันyağ脂肪салоحیوانی چربی اور کچھ نباتات سے بنایا جانے والا تیلmỡ; chất béo脂肪

2 a kind of such substance, used especially for cooking There are several good cooking fats on the market.vetمادّه دُهْنِيَهмасtukfedtstofdas Fettλίποςmanteca, grasarasvچربی؛ دمبهrasvamatière grasseשֶׁמֶןपकाने के लिए इस्तेमाल होने वाली चर्बीvrsta uljazsiradéklemakfeitigrasso料理用の油식용유riebalaitaukilemakvetmatfetttłuszczgorduragrăsimeкулинарный жир(pokrmový) tukmastmast[]fettไขมัน; น้ำมันyağ油脂жирکھانا پکانے میں استعمال کیا جانے والا تیلdầu; mỡ ăn油脂

adj

1 having a lot of fat on one's body; large, heavy and round in shape He was a very fat child.vetسَمينдебелtlustýfed; tykfettπαχύςgordopaksچاقlihavagrosשָׁמֵןमोटाdebeo, pretiokövérgemukfeiturgrasso太った뚱뚱한, 비만한riebus, storastukls; resns; treknsgemukdikfetutuczony, tłustygordograsжирный; толстый, упитанныйtučný, obéznydebeldebeofet, tjockอ้วนşişman肥胖的товстий; гладкийموٹاbéo mập肥胖的

2 large or abundant Her business made a fat profit; A fat lot of good that is! (= That is no good at all)grootمُرْبِح، مُكْسِبголямtučnýfed; møgfett; A fat lot-herzlich wenigμπόλικος, άφθονοςsustanciosorikkalikبسیارrunsasgrosמַמַש הַרבֵּהभरपूर या बड़ाobilan, velikbőségesberlimpahfeitur; arðvænlegurgrande豊富な큰, 많은didžiulisTas nekam neder!berlimpahgrootstor, rikeligduży, sporygrandemareбольшойveľký, hojnýmastenobilanstor, fetใหญ่; ท่วมท้นbüyük, bol巨大的вигідний, прибутковийشحیمnhiều về số lượng; giá trị巨大的

n ˈfatness

vetheid, gesetheidسُمْنَهдебелинаtloušťka, tučnostfedmedie Fettigkeitπάχοςgordurapriskusچاقیlihavuusembonpointפּוֹרִיוּתमोटापनpretilost, debljinakövérségkegemukangildleiki, feitlagnigrassezza肥満비만, 많음riebumastuklums; resnumskegemukandiktefedmetłustośćgorduracorpolenţăполнотаtučnotamastnostdebljinafetmaความอ้วนşişmanlık油脂，肥胖жирністьمٹاپاsự béo; sự màu mỡ油脂，肥胖

v ˈfatten

(often with up) to make or become fat They are fattening up a turkey to eat at Christmas.vetmaakيُسَمِّنугоявамvykrmovat; ztloustnoutopfedemästenπαχαίνωengordarnuumama, rasva minemaچاق کردن؛ چاق شدنlihottaa, lihoaengraisserלְפָטֵםमोटा करनाdebljati se, toviti (se)(meg)hizlalmenggemukkanfitaingrassare太らせる살찌다; 살찌우다penėtiuzbaroties; nobarot (lopus, putnus)menggemukkanmestengjø, fete opp, bli fet, legge på segtuczyćengordara (se) îngrăşaоткармливать(ся)vykŕmiťrediti (se)udebljatibli fet, gödaทำให้อ้วนşişmanla(t)mak養肥відгодовувати; гладшатиموٹا کرنا یا ہوناvỗ béo养肥

adj ˈfatty

containing, or like, fat This meat is very fatty.vetterigدُهْنـيмазенtučný, tlustýfed; fedtholdigfettigλιπαρόςgrasorasvaneپرچربیrasvainengrasשָׁמֵןमोटा व्यक्तिtust, mastanzsírosberlemakfitugurgrasso脂肪の多い기름기가 많은riebustauks; taukainsberlemakvetfet; fettholdigtłusty, tłuszczowygordograsжирныйtučný, mastnýmastenmastanfet, fetthaltigซึ่งเต็มไปด้วยไขมันyağlı油膩的，多脂肪的відгодований, жирнийچربی دارnhư mỡ; có nhiều mỡ油腻的，多脂肪的

n ˈfattiness

vetterigheidسَمْنَه، إحتواء على الدُّهنмазностtloušťka, tučnostfedtholdigheddie Fettigkeitλιπαρότηταgrasarasvasusچربیrasvaisuusgraisseשוּמָנִיוּתमोटापाugojenost, utovljenostzsírosságkegemukanfeiti, fitagrassezza脂っこさ기름기가 많음riebumasresnums; tuklumspenuh lemakvettigheidfettholdighet, fedmeotłuszczeniegorduragrăsimeжирностьtučnosť, tučnotamastnostmasnoćafett, fetmaภาวะที่เต็มไปด้วยไขมันyağlılık, şişmanlık脂肪гладкістьفرہبیsự mỡ màng脂肪

n ˈfat-head

a stupid person. domkop, stommerik, uilskuikenغَبي، أحْمَقдебелоглавzabedněnec, tupectykhovedder Dummkopfχοντροκέφαλοςestúpido, imbéciltainapeaآدم احمقääliöimbécileטֶמבֵּלबेवकूफglupanostobaorang bodohauli, bjánizucconeうすのろ바보, 얼간이bukagalvisbiezpaurisbodohstomkoptosk, kjøtthuetępakconvencido/tolo, palermacap-pătratолух, болванtupecbedakglupaktjockskalleคนโง่et kafalı kimse, odun kafalı biri呆子бовдурاحمق شخصngười đần độn呆子