adjective |
1. Having much or too much fat or flesh; plump or obese. |
2. Full of fat or oil; greasy. |
3. Abounding in desirable elements. |
4. Fertile or productive; rich: "It was a fine, green, fat landscapeā ( Robert Louis Stevenson). |
5. Having an abundance or amplitude; well-stocked: a fat larder. |
6. Yielding profit or plenty; lucrative or rewarding: a fat promotion. |
7. Prosperous; wealthy: grew fat on illegal profits. |
8. Thick; large: a fat book. |
9. Puffed up; swollen: a fat lip. |
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idiom |
1. a fat lot Slang Very little or none at all: a fat lot of good it will do him. |
2. fat chance Slang Very little or no chance. |
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noun |
1. The ester of glycerol and one, two, or three fatty acids. |
2. Any of various soft, solid, or semisolid organic compounds constituting the esters of glycerol and fatty acids and their associated organic groups. |
3. A mixture of such compounds occurring widely in organic tissue, especially in the adipose tissue of animals and in the seeds, nuts, and fruits of plants. |
4. Animal tissue containing such substances. |
5. A solidified animal or vegetable oil. |
6. Obesity; corpulence. |
7. The best or richest part: living off the fat of the land. |
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verb-transitive |
1. To make or become fat; fatten. |
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