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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.
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     2. Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy;
        gross; dull; stupid.
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              Making our western wits fat and mean. --Emerson.
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              Make the heart of this people fat.    --Is. vi. 10.
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     3. Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.
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     4. Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat
        benefice; a fat office; a fat job.
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              Now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk.
                                                    --Carlyle.
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     5. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate. [Obs.]
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              Persons grown fat and wealthy by long impostures.
                                                    --Swift.
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     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.
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     {Fat lute}, a mixture of pipe clay and oil for filling
        joints.
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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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