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Fat

adjective
(compar. fatter; superl. fattest)
1.
Having an (over)abundance of flesh.  Antonym: thin.
2.
Having a relatively large diameter.
3.
Containing or composed of fat.  Synonym: fatty.  "Fat tissue"  Antonym: nonfat.
4.
Lucrative.  Synonym: juicy.  "A nice fat job"
5.
Marked by great fruitfulness.  Synonyms: fertile, productive, rich.  "A fat land" , "A productive vineyard" , "Rich soil"
noun
1.
A soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides).
2.
A kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs.  Synonyms: adipose tissue, fatty tissue.
3.
Excess bodily weight.  Synonyms: avoirdupois, blubber, fatness.  Antonym: leanness.
verb
(past & past part. fatted; pres. part. atting)
1.
Make fat or plump.  Synonyms: fatten, fatten out, fatten up, fill out, flesh out, plump, plump out.



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"Fat" Quotes from Famous Books



... the other partner came in. Jack saw that Mr. Baumann was much younger, a fat, heavy German with clean-shaven face and big, round spectacles, through which little, thick-lidded ...
— Jack Haydon's Quest • John Finnemore
... the right sat a middle-aged woman, grossly fat, repulsively shapeless, piteously homely—one of those luckless human beings who are foredoomed from the outset never to know any of the great joys of life the joys that come through our power to attract our fellow-beings. As this woman stitched ...
— Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise • David Graham Phillips
... kamplin for kumin te dis quintry, for mestir Nicols, Lort pliss hem, pat mi till a pra mestir, dey ca him Shon Bayne, an hi lifes in Marylant in te rifer Potomak, he nifer gart mi wark ony ting pat fat I lykit mi sel: de meast o a' mi wark is waterin a pra stennt hors, and pringin wyn an pread ut o de seller te mi mestir's tebil. Sin efer I kam til him I nefer wantit a pottle o petter ele nor isi m a' Shon Glass hous, for I ay set toun wi de pairns te dennir. Mi mestir seys til mi, fan I kon ...
— An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America • J. P. MacLean
... small house, into which they packed themselves as best they could. The I.G., who refused to accept any special privileges, slept in a tiny back room and cheerfully ate the mule, which was hatefully coarse while it was fat and unutterably tough when it grew lean. Indeed, his marvellous adaptability to difficult conditions was soon the talk ...
— Sir Robert Hart - The Romance of a Great Career, 2nd Edition • Juliet Bredon
... has recently sent to England some fine samples of Oil of Behn. The Moringa, from which it is produced, has been successfully cultivated by him. The Oil of Behn, being a perfectly inodorous fat oil, is a valuable agent for extracting the odors of ...
— The Art of Perfumery - And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants • G. W. Septimus Piesse


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