Definition of FAT

fat

Plural: fats

Noun

  • a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
    • "pizza has too much fat"
  • a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs
    • "fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold"
  • excess bodily weight
    • "she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others"
  • A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.
  • A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.
  • Such tissue as food: the fatty portion of (or trimmings from) meat cuts.
  • A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.
  • That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
  • An erection.
  • A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
  • The best or richest productions; the best part.
  • Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor.
  • A fat person.
  • A beef cattle fattened for sale.
  • A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.
  • A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.

Verb

Verb Forms: fatted, fatting, fats

  • To make or become fat; to fatten.
  • make fat or plump
  • To make fat; to fatten.
  • To become fat; to fatten.
  • To hit (a golf ball) with a fat shot.

Adjective

  • Having an abundance of flesh; plump.
  • having an (over)abundance of flesh
    • "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"
  • containing or composed of fat
    • "fatty food"
    • "fat tissue"

Adjective Satellite

  • having a relatively large diameter
    • "a fat rope"
  • lucrative
    • "a nice fat job"
  • marked by great fruitfulness
    • "a fat land"

Adj

  • Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
  • Thick; large.
  • Bulbous; rotund.
  • Bountiful.
  • Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich (said of food).
  • Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
  • Fertile; productive.
  • Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
  • Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
  • Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.
  • Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.
  • Of a role: significant; major; meaty.
  • Being greatly or substantially such; real.
  • Carrying additional data or functionality.
  • Alternative form of phat.

Examples

  • a fat benefice; a fat office;  a fat job
  • a fat pointer
  • a fat soil; a fat pasture
  • a fat take; a fat page
  • Ask the butcher for a few pounds of fat for our greens.
  • Dietary fat is not the evil that it was once misapprehended to be; carbs are increasingly recognized as a bigger driver of atherosclerosis via chronic insulin resistance and the vascular processes that cascade from it.
  • fat client
  • He needed to FAT up his score with a bonus word if he wanted to win.
  • His Words With Friends score was getting FAT, much to his delight.
  • I saw Daniel crack a fat.
  • kill the fatted calf
  • Mammals that hibernate have plenty of fat to keep them warm during the winter.
  • The fat man had problems going through the door.
  • The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers.
  • The fattest pig should yield the most meat.
  • to live on the fat of the land
  • We need to trim the fat in this company

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English fat, from Old English fǣtt (“fatted, fat”), from Proto-West Germanic *faitid (“fatted”), originally the past participle of the verb *faitijan (“to make fat”), from *fait (“fat”).

Synonyms

adipose tissue, avoirdupois, blubber, fatness, fatten, fatten out, fatten up, fatty, fatty tissue, fertile, fill out, flesh out, juicy, plump, plump out, productive, rich, bountiful, chubby, chunky, corpulent, fat, fatso see also Thesaurus:fat person, flab, grease, lard, lardy, obese, overweight, porky, prosperous, rotund, speck, suet, thick, tubby, vat, weight, well-fed

Antonyms

leanness, nonfat, thin, Of sense: lean, skinny, slender, slim

Scrabble Score: 6

fat: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
fat: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fat: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

fat: valid Words With Friends Word