Dictionary Definition
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"
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] 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]fattest See fat