Definitions for fat

Overview of noun fat

The noun fat has 3 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (2) fat

(a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides); "pizza has too much fat")

2. (1) adipose tissue, fat, fatty tissue

(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")

3. fatness, fat, blubber, avoirdupois

(excess bodily weight; "she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others")

Overview of verb fat

The verb fat has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up

(make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child")

Overview of adj fat

The adj fat has 5 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (22) fat

(having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was")

2. (2) fat

(having a relatively large diameter; "a fat rope")

3. fatty, fat

(containing or composed of fat; "fatty food"; "fat tissue")

4. fat, juicy

(lucrative; "a juicy contract"; "a nice fat job")

5. fat, fertile, productive, rich

(marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil")