 |
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fat \Fat\, adjective [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.
2. Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
Making our western wits fat and mean. --Emerson.
Make the heart of this people fat. --Is. vi. 10.
3. Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.
4. Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job.
Now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk. --Carlyle.
5. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate. [Obs.]
Persons grown fat and wealthy by long impostures. --Swift.
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.
{Fat lute}, a mixture of pipe clay and oil for filling joints.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
fat
adjective
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}]
noun
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}]
verb: 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}
 |
Definitions retrieved from local copies of the freely distributed DICT client/server software and databases. Click here for database copyright information. - KM |