fat (HyperDic hyper-dictionary) (English)

English 9 senses of the word *fat*:
NOUN	substance	fat	a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
body	fat, adipose tissue, fatty tissue	a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy
attribute	fat, fatness, blubber, avoirdupois	excess bodily weight
ADJECTIVE	all	fat	having an (over)abundance of flesh
all	fat	having a relatively large diameter
all	fat, fatty	containing or composed of fat / fat
all	fat, juicy	lucrative
all	fat, fertile, productive, rich	marked by great fruitfulness
VERB	consumption	fat, fatten, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up	make fat or plump

fat pronunciation
Sounds	fae't
Rhymes	acrobat ... ziggurat: 63 rhymes with aet...

Englishfat: 9 senses adjective 1
Meaning	Having an (over)abundance of flesh.
Example	"he hadn't remembered how fat she was"
Attribute of	body weight	The weight of a person's body
Narrower	abdominous, paunchy, potbellied	Having a large belly
	blubbery	Swollen with fat
	buxom, zaftig, zoftig	(of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous
	chubby, embonpoint, plump	sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure
	corpulent, obese, weighty, rotund	excessively fat
	double-chinned, jowly, loose-jowled	Having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw
	dumpy, podgy, pudgy, tubby, roly-poly	short and plump
	fattish	Somewhat fat
	fleshy, heavy, overweight	usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
	gross, porcine	repellently fat
	portly, stout	euphemisms for 'fat'
See also	endomorphic, pyknic	Having a squat and fleshy build / build
	rounded	curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged
	thick	not thin
Opposite	thin, lean	lacking excess flesh
Spanish	carnoso
Catalan	carnós
Nouns	fatness, fat	excess bodily weight

Englishfat: 9 senses adjective 2
Meaning	Having a relatively large diameter.
Example	"a fat rope"
Broader	thick	not thin
Spanish	grueso

Englishfat: 9 senses adjective 3
Meaning	Containing or composed of fat / fat.
Examples	"fatty food" "fat tissue"
Synonym	fatty
Narrower	adipose	Composed of animal fat
	buttery	resembling or containing or spread with butter
	greasy, oily, sebaceous, oleaginous	Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
	suety	like or full of suet
	superfatted	(of soap) containing extra unsaponified fat / fat
Opposite	nonfat, fat-free, fatless	Without fat / fat or fat / fat solids
Spanish	gordo, grasienta, graso, grasosa, grasoso, obeso
Catalan	gras
Nouns	fat	a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy
Nouns	fat	a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)

Englishfat: 9 senses adjective 4
Meaning	lucrative.
Example	"a nice fat job"
Synonym	juicy
Broader	profitable	Yielding material gain or profit
Usage of	colloquialism	A colloquial expression
Spanish	ganancioso, sustancioso

Englishfat: 9 senses adjective 5
Meaning	marked by great fruitfulness.
Example	"a fat land"
Synonyms	fertile, productive, rich
Broader	fruitful	Productive or conducive to producing in abundance
Spanish	fértil, productivo, rico

Englishfat: 9 senses noun 1, substance
Meaning	A soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides).
Example	"pizza has too much fat"
Parts	glyceride, acylglycerol	An ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils
Narrower	animal fat	Any fat obtained from animals
	cocoa butter	A yellow-white fat from cocoa beans
	edible fat	oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissue
	leaf fat, leaf lard	fat lining the abdomen and kidneys in hogs which is used to make lard
	myelin, myeline, medulla	A white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers
	polyunsaturated fat	A class of fats having long carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated with hydrogen atoms
Broader	lipid, lipide, lipoid	An oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents
Substance of	fat cell, adipose cell	cells composed of fat
Substances	triglyceride	glyceride occurring naturally in animal and vegetable tissues
Spanish	grasa
Catalan	greix
Adjectives	fat	containing or composed of fat / fat
Adjectives	stearic	of or relating to or composed of fat / fat

Englishfat: 9 senses noun 2, body
Meaning	A kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs.
Example	"fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold"
Synonyms	adipose tissue, fatty tissue
Narrower	atheroma	A fatty deposit in the intima (inner lining) of an artery
	belly, paunch	A protruding abdomen
	cellulite	lumpy deposits of body fat especially on women's thighs etc.
	flab	Loose or flaccid body fat
	mons, mons veneris, mons pubis	A mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic area in women
	puppy fat	fat on the body of a baby or child
	spare tire, love handle	excess fat around the waistline
Broader	animal tissue	The tissue in the bodies of animals
Spanish	tejido adiposo
Catalan	teixit adipós
Adjectives	fatty, fat	containing or composed of fat / fat
Verbs	fat	make fat or plump

Englishfat: 9 senses noun 3, attribute
Meaning	excess bodily weight.
Example	"she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others"
Synonyms	fatness, blubber, avoirdupois
Narrower	abdominousness, paunchiness	The bodily property of a protruding belly
	adiposity, adiposeness, fattiness	Having the property of containing fat
	fleshiness, obesity, corpulency	More than average fatness
	greasiness, oiliness, oleaginousness	Consisting of or covered with oil
	steatopygia	An extreme accumulation of fat on the buttocks
Broader	bodily property	An attribute of the body
Opposite	leanness, thinness, spareness	The property of having little body fat
Spanish	adiposidad, corpulencia, gordura, grasa
Adjectives	fat	having an (over)abundance of flesh
Verbs	fat	make fat or plump

Englishfat: 9 senses verb 1, consumption
Meaning	make fat or plump.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Synonyms	fatten, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
Entails	feed, give	Give food to
Broader	change, alter, modify	Cause to change
Spanish	cebar, engordar, sainar
Catalan	encebar-se, encebar, engreixar-se, engreixar, saginar
Nouns	fat	excess bodily weight
Nouns	fat	a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy

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