fat

Meanings

Adjective

• Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
• Thick.
• Bountiful.
• Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich .
• Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
• Fertile; productive.
• Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
• Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
• Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.
• Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.
• Of a role: significant; major; meaty.
• Alternative of phat

Noun

• A specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy.
• A refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat.
• That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
• An erection.
• A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
• The best or richest productions; the best part.
• Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor.
• A fat person.
• A beef cattle fattened for sale.
• A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.
• A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.

Verb

• To make fat; to fatten.
• To become fat; to fatten.

Related

Similar words

• thick
• bountiful, prosperous
• adipose tissue, lard (in animals; derogatory slang when used of human fat)
• grease, lard
• vat

Opposite words

• Of sense lean, skinny, slender, slim, thin

Origin

• From Middle English fat, from Old English fǣtt, from Proto-West Germanic *faitid, originally the past participle of the verb *faitijan, from *fait.
• From Middle English fat, from Old English fæt, from Proto-Germanic *fatą, from Proto-Indo-European *pod-. Cognate with Dutch vat, German Fass, Swedish fat. See vat.