Fat
[fæt]
Definition
(noun.) a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides); 'pizza has too much fat'.
(adj.) having an (over)abundance of flesh; 'he hadn't remembered how fat she was' .
(adj.) marked by great fruitfulness; 'fertile farmland'; 'a fat land'; 'a productive vineyard'; 'rich soil' .
(adj.) lucrative; 'a juicy contract'; 'a nice fat job' .
(adj.) having a relatively large diameter; 'a fat rope' .
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Definition
(n.) A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.
(n.) A measure of quantity, differing for different commodities.
(superl.) Abounding with fat
(superl.) Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox.
(superl.) Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food.
(superl.) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
(superl.) Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.
(superl.) Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job.
(superl.) Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
(superl.) 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.
(n.) An oily liquid or greasy substance making up the main bulk of the adipose tissue of animals, and widely distributed in the seeds of plants. See Adipose tissue, under Adipose.
(n.) The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land.
(n.) Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor.
(a.) To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep.
(v. i.) To grow fat, plump, and fleshy.
Typist: Sanford
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Oleaginous, unctuous, adipose, oily, greasy, fatty.[2]. Plump, fleshy, corpulent, obese, portly, pursy, not lean, not slender.[3]. Coarse, heavy, dull, sluggish, stupid, fat-witted.[4]. Rich, profitable, lucrative.[5]. Fertile, fruitful, productive, not barren.
Checker: Nona
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Corpulent, fleshy, brawny, pursy, rich, luxuriant, portly, stout, fertile,unctuous, obese, oleaginous
ANT:Lean, slender, attenuated, emaciated, barren, poor, scant, narrowless,exsanguineous, anatomical
Checker: Roy
Definition
adj. plump fleshy: fruitful esp. profitable: gross: thick full-bodied esp. of printing-types.—n. an oily substance under the skin: solid animal oil: the richest part of anything.—v.t. to make fat.—v.i. to grow fat:—pr.p. fat′ting; pa.p. fat′ted.—adj. Fat′brained (Shak.) dull of apprehension.—ns. Fat′-hen (prov.) any one of various plants of thick succulent foliage esp. pigweed orach and ground-ivy; Fat′ling a young animal fattened for slaughter.—adj. small and fat.—n. Fat′-lute a mixture of pipe-clay and linseed-oil for filling joints &c.—adv. Fat′ly grossly: in a lumbering manner.—n. Fat′ness quality or state of being fat: fullness of flesh: richness: fertility: that which makes fertile.—v.t. Fat′ten to make fat or fleshy: to make fertile.—v.i. to grow fat.—ns. Fat′tener he who or that which fattens; Fat′tening the process of making fat: state of growing fat; Fat′tiness.—adjs. Fat′tish somewhat fat; Fat′-witted dull stupid; Fat′ty containing fat or having the qualities of fat.—Fat images those in relief.—The fat is in the fire things have gone to confusion.
n. a vessel for holding liquids: a vat: a dry measure of nine bushels.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are getting fat, denotes that you are about to make a fortunate change in your life. To see others fat, signifies prosperity. See Corpulent.
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Examples
- She is stouter, too, and altogether improved, continued Miss Rosalind, who was disposed to be very fat. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- One of these fat bare-footed rascals came here to Civita Vecchia with us in the little French steamer. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He sat quiet in a corner, with his fat hands hanging over his thick knees, and his head down, and his eyes looking at nothing. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I ain't mad; I'm sensible,' rejoined the fat boy, beginning to cry. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He therefore concluded that the stored-up fat in the animal was then converted into cream, and that it was practicable, therefore, to convert beef fat into butter fat. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But it won't be easy, for it is a dreadful disappointment, and poor Jo bedewed the little fat pincushion she held with several very bitter tears. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He was fat and looked shopworn around the nose and mouth as though he had hayfever. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- In practice, the wood ashes were boiled in water, which was then strained off, and the resulting filtrate, or lye, was mixed with the fats for soap making. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Broadly speaking, plants furnish the carbohydrates, that is, starch and sugar; animals furnish the fats and proteids. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The best-known fats are butter, lard, olive oil, and the fats of meats, cheese, and chocolate. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Most fats contain a substance of an acid nature, and are decomposed by the action of bases such as caustic soda and caustic potash. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Va pour les beaux fats et les jolis fripons! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- This class of foods contains carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen, and in addition, two substances not found in carbohydrates or fats--namely, sulphur and nitrogen. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Here great closed tanks cook the fats, under high steam pressure, and make them into snow-white lard. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He was fatter than ever. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The man who was being pushed out by Pablo and Cuatro Dedos was Don Anastasio Rivas, who was an undoubted fascist and the fattest man in the town. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- My advice, or, leastways, I should say, my _orders_, is,' said the fattest man of the party, 'that we 'mediately go home again. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The fattest gentleman as ever I see, and the heaviest customer as ever I drove. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The largest and fattest of all possible house-maids answered it, in a state of cheerful stupidity which would have provoked the patience of a saint. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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