3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Fat \Fat\, a. [Compar. {Fatter}; superl. {Fattest}.] [AS. f[=ae]tt; akin to D. vet, G. fett, feist, Icel. feitr, Sw. fet, Dan. fed, and perh. to Gr. pi^dax spring, fountain, pidy`ein to gush forth, pi`wn fat, Skr. pi to swell.] 1. Abounding with fat; as: (a) Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox. (b) Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food. [1913 Webster] 2. Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid. [1913 Webster] Making our western wits fat and mean. --Emerson. [1913 Webster] Make the heart of this people fat. --Is. vi. 10. [1913 Webster] 3. Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture. [1913 Webster] 4. Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job. [1913 Webster] Now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster] 5. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Persons grown fat and wealthy by long impostures. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 6. (Typog.) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; -- said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page. [1913 Webster] {Fat lute}, a mixture of pipe clay and oil for filling joints. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: fat adj 1: having much flesh (especially fat); "he hadn't remembered how fat she was" [ant: {thin}] 2: having a relatively large diameter; "a fat rope" 3: containing or composed of fat; "fatty food"; "fat tissue" [syn: {fatty}] [ant: {nonfat}] 4: lucrative; "a juicy contract"; "a nice fat job" [syn: {juicy}] 5: marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil" [syn: {fertile}, {productive}, {rich}] 6: a chubby body; "the boy had a rounded face and fat cheeks" [syn: {rounded}] n 1: a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides); "pizza has too much fat" 2: a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; adipose tissue also cushions and insulates vital organs; "fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold" [syn: {adipose tissue}, {fatty tissue}] 3: excess bodily weight; "she found fatness disgusting in herself as well as in others" [syn: {fatness}, {blubber}, {avoirdupois}] [ant: {leanness}] v : make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child" [syn: {fatten}, {flesh out}, {fill out}, {plump}, {plump out}, {fatten out}, {fatten up}] [also: {fatting}, {fatted}, {fattest}, {fatter}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: fattest See {fat}
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