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fat en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɛt/ (Hong-Kong, New-Zealand, Singapore)
• /ˈfæt/
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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”).

Meanings

1. (derogatory, sometimes) Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
   • The fattest pig should yield the most meat.
   • And there he stood, as uncouth as ever, naked as the day he was born, but fatter and chinnier and even more self-satisfied […] 1994, Craig Brown, The hounding of John Thomas:
   • […] Ruth‐ellen Stark and Elizabeth Ryan are about ten times fatter, but even they can't compare to Bruce…” 1976 September 29, Richard Flaste, “Viewing Childhood As it Is”, in The New York Times:
   • Because, really, who would like the fat girl? Sebastian said I was crazy for thinking that. 2014, Isabel Quintero, Gabi, a Girl in Pieces, Cinco Puntos Press, →ISBN, page 46:
   • The fat man had problems going through the door.
   • 1932, New Orleans (La.) Board of Health, Vox Sanitatis While Hennessey is pouring the milk, the fat guy with the big pot-belly, will come over and write a lot of junk in his little book.
2. Thick; large.
   • The thickest salmon, the curdiest trout, the fattest partridge, and the most tender woodcock smoked on his board, and, rumor said, cooked with a delicacy that more pretentious houses could not rival. 1861, Charles James Lever, A Day's Ride:
   • The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers.
3. Bulbous; rotund.
   • So this was my future home, I thought! […] Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams. 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
4. Bountiful.
5. Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich (said of food).
6. (obsolete) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
   • Make the heart of this people fat,[…] 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 6:10, column 1:
   • 1855 July 21, Ralph Waldo Emerson, letter to Walter Whitman making our western wits fat & mean
7. Fertile; productive.
   • Land was fatter, soil was rich, hands were many 1974, “Which Way Africa”, performed by Tunji Oyelana:
   • a fat soil; a fat pasture
8. Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
   • now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk 1882, Thomas Carlyle, Reminiscences:
   • It's a fat contract for a fat part in the film, so he’ll grown fat on the profits.
   • a fat benefice; a fat office;  a fat job
9. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
   • , "Why Christ's Doctrine was Rejected" persons grown fat and wealthy by a long and successful imposture
10. (dated) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.
    • a fat take; a fat page
11. Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.
    • Hitting a thin shot from a fairway bunker is more productive than hitting a fat shot. 1992, DeDe Owens, Linda K. Bunker, Advanced Golf: Steps to Success, page 81:
12. Of a role: significant; major; meaty.
    • Joe Hirakawa, formerly of the Seattle Civic Repertory Theatre, was a waterfront peddler in “Madame Butterfly” and had a fat role in “Beauty Parlor,” an indie. 2012, Greg Robinson, Larry S. Tajiri, Pacific Citizens, page 9:
    • He seeks a fat role in a hit show, lest he diminish his market value. 1997, Harold Clurman, On Directing, page 12:
    • He is what the theatre calls a “fat” role — a man suddenly confronted by a terrible duty. He is called upon to revenge the murder of his father and to right a wrong against the state. 1965, Edmund Fuller, A Pageant of the Theatre, page 131:
13. (slang) Being greatly or substantially such; real.
    • 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure I'd've liked to hang around but the guys were in a fat hurry.
14. Having a full or rich sound with strong bass and low-midrange presence.
15. Carrying additional data or functionality.
    • a fat pointer
    • fat client
16. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of phat.
    alt of phat
    • This isn't a place to talk about “hitting the decks” and making “fat beats”—you're not selling to an industry peer. 2011, Joe Shambro, How to Start a Home-based DJ Business, page 19:

Forms

Antonyms

slender · thin · slim · skinny · Of sense: lean

Deriveds

fat-ass · fatshionista · fatphobia · deathfat · fathead · one fat lady · fat logic · fat-kidneyed · fat rascal · fat shame · fat-tailed dunnart · fat city · fat as a pig · fat-tailed dwarf lemur · fat cat · fat and happy · big fat zero · fat lute · fat hen · fatty · fat activist · fat innkeeper · fatphobe · fat-tailed sheep · fatshit · fattish · fatface · hog fat · fat-buttocked · fat upper pussy area · fat-tailed lemur · big-fat · fatsome · fat mouse · fat lot of good · fat fantasy · fatphobic · run to fat · fat shaming · stick fat · fatsuit · fat fuck · fat lot · fat-witted · fatheaded · fat upper pubic area · overfat · fatbike · fatspo · cut it fat · fat as a barrel · fatmisia · fat link · fattie · fatbutt · fat ball · fat-shame · fat-shamer · fatling · fat lady · fat quarter · fat lip · fat-arse · fat knot · fatly · fattist · fat-assed · fatfuck · fat as a house · fat beard · fatness · fat as a fool · fat tail · big fat · fat-gutted · two fat ladies · fatbeard · fat-tail · fat finger · laugh and grow fat · high-fat · fatkini · fat suit · fat sleeper · fatmobile · fatshion · skinny fat · unfat · fatwood · big, fat, hairy deal · fatassed · fatfluencer · fat day · Fatmerican · fat farm · the fat is in the fire · fatstock · fat body · it ain't over 'til the fat lady sings · small fat · fat lava · fat-finger · fatware · fat arrow · fat bike · fat-rumped sheep · fat tax · fattism · fat-shaming · fat catshark · mash-fat · superfat · fat acceptance · fat dormouse · fatsploitation · fat pants · fat comma · fat-fingered · fat-tailed · fat cell · fat client · fat embolism

Descendants

fatu

Synonyms

thick (thick) · plump · prosperous · obese · lardy · rotund · tubby · porky · well-fed · chubby (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat) · bountiful · chunky · overweight · corpulent

Translations (278)

ur موٹا (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · da tyk (thick) · vec smorbio (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · hi मोटा (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · fi läski (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · pl gruby (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · vec gras (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · rm grass (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · fo tjúkkur (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · sv tjock (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · pt grosso (thick) · bg дебе́л (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · sh dèbeo (thick) · fi ylipainoinen (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · lou gro (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · sc grassu (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · tyz bẻo (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ko 뚱뚱하다 (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · bg шишкав (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · da tyk (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · la corpulentus (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · id gemuk (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · de dick (thick) · hu kövér (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ja 肥満 (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · sk tlstý (thick) · es pingüe (bountiful) · sk tlstý (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · vi béo phì (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ro gros (thick) · grc χονδρός (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · uk товсти́й (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · uk жи́рний (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · tpw kyrá (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · fr gras (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ga ramhar (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ar سمين (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · tr toplu (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · sah эмис (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · yo sanra (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ko 두껍다 (thick) · mnc ᡨ᠋ᠠᡵᡥᡡᠨ (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · sh го̏ја̄зан (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · pl gruby (thick) · my ဆူ (thick) · grc χονδρός (thick) · grc παχύς (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · jje 퉁퉁ᄒᆞ다 (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · lep ᰣᰦᰡᰫᰮ (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · es gordinflón (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · es gordo (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ar سَمِين (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · cy tew (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · la gurdus (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · shn တုၺ်ႈ (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · qu wira (thick) · is feitur (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · he שָׁמֵן (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · nl vet (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · unm wisë (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · sga remor (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · gl gordo (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · hy հաստ (thick) · scn rossu (thick) · it obeso (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ba һимеҙ (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ht gra (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · fi paksu (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ru то́лстый (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · kk толық (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · bo མཐུག་པོ (thick) · pa موٹا (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · bo སྐུ་ཤ་འབྱོར་པོ (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · lt stora (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · el χοντρός (thick) · sq trashë (thick) · el παχύς (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · sh tȗst (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ht gwo (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · tt калын (thick) · lv resns (thick) · tts ตุ้ย (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ba мул (bountiful) · ru дохо́дный (bountiful) · chr ᎦᎵᏦᎯᏓ (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · yi פֿעט (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · lou gra (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · eo dika (thick) · da fed (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · sh дѐбео (thick) · nl corpulent (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · tr kilolu (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · udm зӧк (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · es grueso (thick) · fa فَرْبِه (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · uk товсти́й (thick) · it grosso (thick) · ru по́лный (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · xal бүдүн (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · niu gako (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · lv resns (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · grc πιαλέος (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · vi béo (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · bg дохо́ден (bountiful) · be то́ўсты (thick) · sv fet (bountiful) · el χοντρός (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · zh 胖 (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ru ту́чный (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · la pinguis (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · rsk дебели (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · mk згоен (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · nl dik (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · dlg эмис (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · be тлу́сты (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · vec morbio (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · nb tykk (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · eo korpulenta (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · nl dik (thick) · grc πίων (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · vec sboldro (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · xwo ᡐᠠᠷᡎᡇᠨ (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · sl debel (thick) · nl gezet (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · it grasso (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · cs tlustý (thick) · ota سمیز (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · sh дѐбео (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · hy գեր (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · fi paksu (thick) · tr kalın (thick) · sh gȍjāzan (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · tr mülahham (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · rhg mutha (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · kk жуан (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · nb tjukk (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · lo ຕຸ້ຍ (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · sv tjock (thick) · kjh чоон (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · sq trashë (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · yi לײַביק (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · mkz bo'uru (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · osx fētid (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · mk дебел (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · mn бүдүүн (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · mk дебел (bountiful) · fi punkero (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ky семиз (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · or ମୋଟା (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ja 太い (thick) · lv tauks (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ja 太い (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · nb korpulent (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · mk дебел (thick) · lt storas (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · osx thikki (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · th อ้วน (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · gv roauyr (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ru оби́льный (bountiful) · eo grasa (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ota شیشمان (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · lb déck (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · lt riebus (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · pa ਮੋਟਾ (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · bg оби́лен (bountiful) · da fed (thick) · tyv чоон (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · khb ᦎᦼᧉ (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · is þykkur (thick) · sh ту̑ст (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ro gras (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · fi paksukainen (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · zh 肥胖 (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ca gras (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · et paks (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ga feolmhar (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · tg фарбеҳ (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ru то́лстый (thick) · cy rhef (thick) · pt gordo (thick) · su lintuh (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · fi satoisa (bountiful) · fi runsas (bountiful) · ms gemuk (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · rup gras (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ka სქელი (thick) · yi דיק (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · km ធាត់ (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · tyv семис (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · nl volslank (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · yue 肥 (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · mn тарган (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · de fett (thick) · ka მსუქანი (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · mba malambo (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · roa-tar gruèsse (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · fi lihava (bountiful) · oc gròs (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ru жи́рный (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · es gordiflón (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · de dick (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · eo dika (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · hy չաղ (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ky семиз (thick) · xal тарһн (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · it palla di lardo (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ar تخين (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · bo རྒྱགས་པ (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · nrf gras (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · fr épais (thick) · sk tučný (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · io grosa (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · scn rossu (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · be то́ўсты (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · nl gezet (thick) · fo feitur (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · tl mataba (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · vi dày (thick) · de fett (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · fa چاق (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · uli bedaey (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · nl vet (bountiful) · tr şişman (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · qu raku (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · tyz pì (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · sl debel (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ga ramhar (thick) · cy tew (thick) · sh dèbeo (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · pt gordo (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · tsg matambuk (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · sah суон (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · nap ciccione (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ar بَدِين (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · kk семіз (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · tr semiz (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · hu vastag (thick) · la obēsus (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · nl corpulent (thick) · srn fatu (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ckb قەڵەو (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · nb fet (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · uk дебе́лий (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · tet boran (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · es gordinflas (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · nb feit (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · la crassus (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · zh 肥 (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · sv rik (bountiful) · fr gros (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ia grasse (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · is þykkur (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · my ဝ (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · kjg ໞູລ (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · tt юан (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · it gonfio (thick) · bg дебе́л (thick) · lad godro (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · bg охра́нен (thick) · pt gordo (bountiful) · sa पीवन् (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · bo ཤ་རྒྱགས་པ (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · fur gras (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · vec graso (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · pt obeso (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ja 太った (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · ba ҡалын (thick) · ceb tambok (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · mww rog (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · gd reamhar (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · vi mập (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · sv fet (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · el άφθονος (bountiful) · gug kyra (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · lv trekns (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · fi lihava (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · cs tlustý (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body) · pl tłusty (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body)

wikipedia: FAT

fat en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɛt/ (Hong-Kong, New-Zealand, Singapore)
• /ˈfæt/
• (US) audio
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Etymology

From Middle English fat, fatt, fatte, from the adjective above, and possibly from Old English fǣt (“fat”, recorded once), from Proto-West Germanic *fait, from Proto-Germanic *faitą, *faitaz (“fat”).

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.
   • Mammals that hibernate have plenty of fat to keep them warm during the winter.
2. (uncountable, usually) 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.
   • Ask the butcher for a few pounds of fat for our greens.
3. (countable, usually) 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.
   • In fact, the fats that are most stable and least likely to oxidize with heat are the highly saturated fats we've long been told to avoid—lard, tallow, butter, and coconut and palm oils. 2018, Kristin Lawless, Formerly known as food, →ISBN, page 32:
   • 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.
4. (uncountable, usually) That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
   • We need to trim the fat in this company
5. (slang, uncountable, usually) An erection.
   • I saw Daniel crack a fat.
6. (uncountable, usually) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
7. (uncountable, usually) The best or richest productions; the best part.
   • to live on the fat of the land
8. (dated, uncountable, usually) Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor.
9. (derogatory, informal, uncountable, usually) A fat person.
   • Prefer military, bodybuilders, jocks. No smokers or fats please. 1996, Roger Stone, "Local Swing Fever", highlighted by National Enquirer in September 1996 and Daily Mail in January 2019
10. (Australia, uncountable, usually) A beef cattle fattened for sale.
    • Before riding over to the fats we'll have a look about us. 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 7:
    • He was droving his mob of fats to Derby, to ship by the southern boat for Fremantle. 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 11:

Forms

Deriveds

baby fat · otoba fat · antifat · fatless · the fat hit the fire · chew the fat · trans fat · animal fat · pull the fat out of the fire · fat of the land · crab fat · fat-free · mule fat · fat-soluble · beige fat · leaf fat · buccal fat removal · fat is flavour · full-fat · green fat · vegetable fat · bodyfat · death fat · fatberg · fat-wash · mutton fat · hamfat · fat-chewing · milk fat · unsaturated fat · buccal fat extraction · fat pad · fatliquoring · caul fat · butterfat · fat is flavor · deep-fat-fry · fatback · brown fat · fatten · puppy fat · fatliquor · marrowfat · palm fat · fat content · defat · white fat · infinifat · backfat · fat chance · wool fat · winterfat · fatgraph · milkfat · fat sandwich · low-fat · bacon fat · fat-washing · polyunsaturated fat · pull someone's fat out of the fire · saturated fat · fat washing · deep-fat fryer · body fat · crack a fat · reduced-fat milk · yellow fat disease · nonfat · fatburger · fat camp · macaw fat · fatlike

Descendants

fatu

Holonyms

cream · butter · soap · wallop · roux · shortening · rind · fat person · crackling · ointment · margarine

Hypernyms

tissue

Hyponyms

baby fat · oil · adeps · grease · puppy fat

Relateds

lipid · overweight · lipic · paunch · obese

Synonyms

speck · blubber · fatso see also Thesaurus:fat person · fat · lard (substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · suet (animal tissue) · fatty (fat person) · grease (substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · adipose tissue (animal tissue) · flab · lard (animal tissue) · weight

Translations (270)

fa چَرْبی (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · rif tadunt (specialized animal tissue) · fi silava (specialized animal tissue) · mba lambo (specialized animal tissue) · msk taba (specialized animal tissue) · mk сало (specialized animal tissue) · mi matu (specialized animal tissue) · nl vetlaag (specialized animal tissue) · mi matū (specialized animal tissue) · gug kyra (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · cv ҫу (specialized animal tissue) · csb tłuszcz (specialized animal tissue) · evn имуксэ (specialized animal tissue) · rar momona (specialized animal tissue) · io graso (specialized animal tissue) · za lauzhaj (specialized animal tissue) · de Fett (specialized animal tissue) · ty ʻaʻo (specialized animal tissue) · cy braster (specialized animal tissue) · sh ло̑ј (specialized animal tissue) · egy D:d-A-Aa2 (specialized animal tissue) · he שומן (specialized animal tissue) · uz yogʻ (specialized animal tissue) · ja 脂 (specialized animal tissue) · uz may (specialized animal tissue) · vi dầu (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · ki maguta (specialized animal tissue) · scn sivu (specialized animal tissue) · ceb tambok (specialized animal tissue) · zh 脂肪 (specialized animal tissue) · eve имсэ (specialized animal tissue) · rsk садло (specialized animal tissue) · fr matière grasse (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · mrw lembo' (specialized animal tissue) · da fedt (specialized animal tissue) · yag ušlamuši (specialized animal tissue) · nrf graisse (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · nb fett (specialized animal tissue) · mnc ᠨᡳᠮᡝᠩᡤᡳ (specialized animal tissue) · es grasa (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · bg лой (specialized animal tissue) · hy ճարպ (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · rif tadunt (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · ckb بەز (specialized animal tissue) · sw mafuta (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · ps څرب (specialized animal tissue) · ug ياغ (specialized animal tissue) · fa وَز (specialized animal tissue) · niv тʼом (specialized animal tissue) · fo fiti (specialized animal tissue) · hu zsír (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · id lemak (specialized animal tissue) · kjj ми (specialized animal tissue) · ia grassia (specialized animal tissue) · xal тосн (specialized animal tissue) · pl tłuszcz (specialized animal tissue) · fi rasva (specialized animal tissue) · nrf graîsse (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · lv tauki (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · et rasv (specialized animal tissue) · ka ცხიმი (specialized animal tissue) · uli bedaey (specialized animal tissue) · tpi gris (specialized animal tissue) · tr yağ (specialized animal tissue) · ta கொழுப்பு (specialized animal tissue) · ja 贅肉 (that part of an organization deemed wasteful) · km ខ្លាញ់ (specialized animal tissue) · az piy (specialized animal tissue) · fr gras (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · nl vet (specialized animal tissue) · pt graxa (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · pdt Fat (nds) (specialized animal tissue) · es grosura (specialized animal tissue) · es gordura (specialized animal tissue) · mn өөх (specialized animal tissue) · mdh lambu' (specialized animal tissue) · mk маснотија (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · zh 膩瓤 /腻瓤 (specialized animal tissue) · nb fettstoff (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · lt riebalai (specialized animal tissue) · lad gudrura (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · de Fett (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · nl vet (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · kaw wuduk (specialized animal tissue) · rup grãsimi (specialized animal tissue) · lo ໄຂມັນ (specialized animal tissue) · alt май (specialized animal tissue) · gl graxa (specialized animal tissue) · ky май (specialized animal tissue) · ky май (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · ur چَرْبی (specialized animal tissue) · vi mỡ (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · es saín (specialized animal tissue) · sw mafuta (that part of an organization deemed wasteful) · roa-tar gruèsse (specialized animal tissue) · cs tuk (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · ca greix (specialized animal tissue) · fi rasva (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · fa چَرْبی (specialized animal tissue) · io graso (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · az yağ (specialized animal tissue) · mn тос (specialized animal tissue) · gug kyra (specialized animal tissue) · rsk масц (specialized animal tissue) · gld симуксэ (specialized animal tissue) · zea vet (specialized animal tissue) · mn ᠲᠣᠰᠤ (specialized animal tissue) · bo ཞག་ཚིལ (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · ug ماي (specialized animal tissue) · nn feitt (specialized animal tissue) · haw mona (specialized animal tissue) · ja 脂肪 (specialized animal tissue) · mk маст (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · rup grãsime (specialized animal tissue) · bg мазнина́ (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · it grasso (specialized animal tissue) · lad godrura (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · haw momona (specialized animal tissue) · sl mast (specialized animal tissue) · rw amavuta (specialized animal tissue) · pt gordura (specialized animal tissue) · eo graso (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · nv akʼah (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · otk 𐰖𐰍 (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · th ไขมัน (specialized animal tissue) · ln mafúta (specialized animal tissue) · bo ཚིལ (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · sw mafuta (specialized animal tissue) · bn চর্বি (specialized animal tissue) · bo ཚིལ (specialized animal tissue) · nds Fett (specialized animal tissue) · sq yndyrë (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · cs tuk (specialized animal tissue) · pt banha (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · fi läski (specialized animal tissue) · sh mȃst (specialized animal tissue) · sh mȃst (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · ka ქონი (specialized animal tissue) · tpi gris (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · sh ма̑ст (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · grc στέαρ (specialized animal tissue) · bg тлъстина́ (specialized animal tissue) · bo བཞེས་ཚིལ (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · apw biʼikʼah (specialized animal tissue) · de Schmër (specialized animal tissue) · bua тоһон (specialized animal tissue) · hi वसा (specialized animal tissue) · lbe май (specialized animal tissue) · sv fett (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · gld симуксэ (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · lv tauki (specialized animal tissue) · ps وازګه (specialized animal tissue) · vi chất béo (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · my အဆီ (specialized animal tissue) · oj wiinin (specialized animal tissue) · sh ма̑ст (specialized animal tissue) · bo བཞེས་ཚིལ (specialized animal tissue) · pi vasā (specialized animal tissue) · zea smout (specialized animal tissue) · sv fett (specialized animal tissue) · sh са̏ло (specialized animal tissue) · yue 脂肪 (specialized animal tissue) · pt gordura (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · ru жир (specialized animal tissue) · scn rassu (specialized animal tissue) · ka ცხიმი (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · nv akʼah (specialized animal tissue) · zea smout (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · gl graxa (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · lt taukai (specialized animal tissue) · hu háj (specialized animal tissue) · be жыр (specialized animal tissue) · scn siu (specialized animal tissue) · bg мазнина́ (specialized animal tissue) · nrf graîsse (specialized animal tissue) · lnj ki' (specialized animal tissue) · tg чарбу (specialized animal tissue) · bo ཞག་ཚིལ (specialized animal tissue) · he שׁוּמָן (specialized animal tissue) · el λίπος (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · ota یاغ (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · mn ᠥᠭᠡᠬᠦ (specialized animal tissue) · hy ճարպ (specialized animal tissue) · gin мии (specialized animal tissue) · alt јуу (specialized animal tissue) · ckb چەوری (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · it ramo secco (that part of an organization deemed wasteful) · pl tłuszcz (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · as শকত (specialized animal tissue) · ru са́ло (specialized animal tissue) · ne बोसो (specialized animal tissue) · jv ꦒꦗꦶꦃ (specialized animal tissue) · tg пиҳ (specialized animal tissue) · ko 지방 (specialized animal tissue) · mww roj (specialized animal tissue) · it grasso (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · zu amafutha (specialized animal tissue) · om cooma (specialized animal tissue) · kk май (specialized animal tissue) · pt tecido adiposo (specialized animal tissue) · mnc ᡨᠠᡵᡥᡡᠨ (specialized animal tissue) · gd sult (specialized animal tissue) · is fita (specialized animal tissue) · uk жир (specialized animal tissue) · ru жир (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · lez гъери (specialized animal tissue) · hu zsiradék (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · oc grais (specialized animal tissue) · fr graisse (specialized animal tissue) · uk жир (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · la adeps (specialized animal tissue) · eo graso (specialized animal tissue) · rar matū (specialized animal tissue) · ms lemak (specialized animal tissue) · be тлушч (specialized animal tissue) · es graso (specialized animal tissue) · hu zsír (specialized animal tissue) · gd saill (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · sa वसा (specialized animal tissue) · yo ọ̀rá (specialized animal tissue) · ht mantèg (specialized animal tissue) · hsb tučno (specialized animal tissue) · sh lȏj (specialized animal tissue) · yi פֿעץ (specialized animal tissue) · el λίπος (specialized animal tissue) · myv куя (specialized animal tissue) · csb sadło (specialized animal tissue) · hsb tuk (specialized animal tissue) · grc πιμελή (specialized animal tissue) · ar دُهْن (specialized animal tissue) · ro grăsime (specialized animal tissue) · nn feittstoff (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · tg равған (specialized animal tissue) · fa رُوْغَن (specialized animal tissue) · vi mỡ (specialized animal tissue) · kn ಕೊಬ್ಬು (specialized animal tissue) · tk ýag (specialized animal tissue) · or ଚର୍ବି (specialized animal tissue) · mk маст (specialized animal tissue) · es sebo (specialized animal tissue) · jje 지름 (specialized animal tissue) · dsb tucne (specialized animal tissue) · kmr bez (specialized animal tissue) · te కొవ్వు (specialized animal tissue) · cy braster (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · sh sȁlo (specialized animal tissue) · mi ngako (specialized animal tissue) · mdf куя (specialized animal tissue) · lou lagrès (specialized animal tissue) · acn coeu (specialized animal tissue) · gl gordura (specialized animal tissue) · za lauz (specialized animal tissue) · su gajih (specialized animal tissue) · sk tuk (specialized animal tissue) · tr yağ (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · ar شَحْم (specialized animal tissue) · tet mina (specialized animal tissue) · ang rysel (specialized animal tissue) · es crasitud (specialized animal tissue) · sq dhjamë (specialized animal tissue) · zdj mafura (specialized animal tissue) · es grasa (specialized animal tissue) · rue тук (specialized animal tissue) · hi चिकनाई (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · ga saill (specialized animal tissue) · rue смар (refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) · fa پیه (specialized animal tissue) · af vet (specialized animal tissue) · cv ҫӑв (specialized animal tissue) · hi चरबी (specialized animal tissue)

wikipedia: FAT

fat en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɛt/ (Hong-Kong, New-Zealand, Singapore)
• /ˈfæt/
• (US) audio
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English fat, fatt, fatte, from the adjective above, and possibly from Old English fǣt (“fat”, recorded once), from Proto-West Germanic *fait, from Proto-Germanic *faitą, *faitaz (“fat”).

Meanings

1. (archaic, transitive) To make fat; to fatten.
   • kill the fatted calf
2. (archaic, intransitive) To become fat; to fatten.
3. (transitive) To hit (a golf ball) with a fat shot.
   • “On this one hole, Donald hits his second and fats it into the water,” Faxon remembers. “But he quickly says to me, ‘Hey, throw me another ball; they weren’t looking.’ So I do. But he fats that one into the water, too. So he drives up and drops where he should’ve dropped the first time and hits it on the green.” 2019 April 2, Rick Reilly, How and why President Trump cheats at golf — even when he’s playing against Tiger Woods, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2022:

Forms

Deriveds

unfattable · fat up

Translations (20)

ru толсте́ть (to make fat; to fatten) · nl vetmesten (to make fat; to fatten) · fr engraisser (to make fat; to fatten) · da opfede (to make fat; to fatten) · hu hizlal (to make fat; to fatten) · mk гои (to make fat; to fatten) · ky жооноюу (to make fat; to fatten) · bg угоявам (to make fat; to fatten) · ky семирүү (to make fat; to fatten) · vi vỗ béo (to make fat; to fatten) · ka გასუქება (to make fat; to fatten) · gl engordar (to make fat; to fatten) · it ingrassare (to make fat; to fatten) · sq majm (to make fat; to fatten) · pt engordar (to make fat; to fatten) · pt cevar (to make fat; to fatten) · eo grasigi (to make fat; to fatten) · sv göda (to make fat; to fatten) · mk здебелува (to make fat; to fatten) · fi lihottaa (to make fat; to fatten)

wikipedia: FAT

fat en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɛt/ (Hong-Kong, New-Zealand, Singapore)
• /ˈfæt/
• (US) audio
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English fat, from Old English fæt (“vat, vessel, jar, cup, casket, division”), from Proto-Germanic *fatą (“vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *pod- (“vessel”). Cognate with Dutch vat (“barrel, vessel”), German Fass (“barrel, drum”), Swedish fat (“barrel, dish, cask”). See vat.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.
   • In 1431 New College purchases brewing vessels, under the names of a mash fat, for 6s. 10d., a wort fat for 2s., a 'Gilleding' tub for 2s. 6d., and two tunning barrels at 8d. each, a leaden boiler for 24s., another for 12s., and a great copper beer pot for 13s. 4d. 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 429:
   • And the floores ſhall bee full of wheate, and the fats ſhall ouerflowe with wine and oyle. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joel 2:24, column 1:
2. (obsolete) A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.

Forms

Deriveds

dryfat · keelfat

Holonyms

cream · butter · soap · wallop · roux · shortening · rind · fat person · crackling · ointment · margarine

Hypernyms

tissue

Hyponyms

baby fat · oil · adeps · grease · puppy fat

Relateds

overweight · paunch · obese

Synonyms

adipose tissue · speck · lard · blubber · fat · vat · flab · weight

wikipedia: FAT

fat en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɛt/ (Hong-Kong, New-Zealand, Singapore)
• /ˈfæt/
• (US) audio
• (US) audio

Etymology

From French fat (“conceited person”).

Meanings

1. A fop or dandy.
   • Ursula was amazed and indignant at the way he made small-talk; he was adept as any fat in Christendom. 1921, DH Lawrence, Women in Love, Vintage, published 2008, page 288:
   • I took my revenge on this ‘fat’, by making him as fatuitous as I possibly could. 1853, Charlotte Brontë, Villette:

Forms

Holonyms

cream · butter · soap · wallop · roux · shortening · rind · fat person · crackling · ointment · margarine

Hypernyms

tissue

Hyponyms

baby fat · oil · adeps · grease · puppy fat

Relateds

overweight · paunch · obese · fat choy

Synonyms

adipose tissue · speck · lard · blubber · fat · flab · weight

wikipedia: FAT