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Audio Help [fat] Pronunciation Key adjective, fat·ter, fat·test, noun, verb, fat·ted, fat·ting.

–adjective

1.	having too much flabby tissue; corpulent; obese: a fat person.

2.	plump; well-fed: a good, fat chicken.

3.	consisting of or containing fat; greasy; oily: fat gravy; fat meat.

4.	profitable, as an office: a fat job on the city commission.

5.	affording good opportunities, esp. for gain: a fat business contract.

6.	wealthy; prosperous; rich: He grew fat on dishonest profits.

7.	big, broad, or extended; thick: a fat sheaf of bills.

8.	plentiful; abundant: a fat supply of food.

9.	plentifully supplied: a fat larder; a fat feast.

10.	dull; stupid: fat clumsiness of manner.

11.	abounding in a particular element: Fat pine is rich in resin.

12.	(of paint) having more oil than pigment. Compare lean² (def. 6).

13.	(of coal) highly bituminous; rich in volatile hydrocarbons.

14.	Ceramics. long¹ (def. 25).

15.	fertile, as land: Everything grows in this fat soil.

–noun

16.

any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.

17.	animal tissue containing much of this substance; loose flesh; flabbiness: to have rolls of fat around one's waist.

18.	the richest or best part of anything.

19.	obesity; corpulence: In his later years, he inclined to fat.

20.	Slang. especially profitable or advantageous work.

21.	an overabundance or excess; superfluity.

22.	action or lines in a dramatic part that permit an actor to display abilities.

23.	Also, phat. Also called lift. Typesetting. matter that can be composed easily and profitably, esp. from standing type, illustrations, or the like: fat work. Compare lean² (def. 11).

–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

24.	to make or become fat.

—Idioms

25.	a fat chance, Slang. a very slight chance; small probability: A fat chance he has of winning the title!

26.	a fat lot, Slang. little or not at all: A fat lot they care about anyone else's troubles!

27.	chew the fat. chew (def. 11).

28.

the fat is in the fire,

a.	an irrevocable action or chain of events has been started; the die is cast: Now that they have been given an ultimatum, the fat is in the fire.

b.	the decision, whether good or bad, has been made.

c.	the crisis is imminent.

29.	the fat of the land, the best or richest of anything obtainable: to live on the fat of the land.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME; OE fǣtt, orig. ptp. of fǣtan to cram, load, adorn; c. Goth fétjan to adorn; akin to vat

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—Related forms

fatless, adjective

fatlike, adjective

—Synonyms 1. portly, adipose, pudgy. See stout. 3. unctuous, fatty. 4. lucrative, remunerative. 8. copious. 10. sluggish. 15. rich, fruitful, productive.

—Antonyms 1. thin. 3. lean. 10. clever. 15. sterile, barren.

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n.

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.
Obesity; corpulence.
The best or richest part: living off the fat of the land.
Unnecessary excess: "would drain the appropriation's fat without cutting into education's muscle" (New York Times).

adj. fat·ter, fat·test

Having much or too much fat or flesh; plump or obese.
Full of fat or oil; greasy.
Abounding in desirable elements.
Fertile or productive; rich: "It was a fine, green, fat landscape" (Robert Louis Stevenson).
Having an abundance or amplitude; well-stocked: a fat larder.
1. Yielding profit or plenty; lucrative or rewarding: a fat promotion.
2. Prosperous; wealthy: grew fat on illegal profits.
3. Thick; large: a fat book.
4. Puffed up; swollen: a fat lip.
1. Thick; large: a fat book.
2. Puffed up; swollen: a fat lip.

tr. & intr.v. fat·ted, fat·ting, fats
To make or become fat; fatten.

[Middle English, from Old English fǣtt, fatted; see peiə- in Indo-European roots.]

fat'ly adv., fat'ness n.

Synonyms: These adjectives mean having an abundance and often an excess of flesh. Fat implies excessive weight and generally has negative connotations: was getting fat and decided to exercise.
Obese and corpulent imply gross overweight: "a woman of robust frame . . . though stout, not obese" (Charlotte Brontë). The dancer was corpulent but surprisingly graceful.
Fleshy implies a not necessarily excessive abundance of flesh: firm, fleshy arms.
Portly refers to bulk combined with a stately or imposing bearing: "a portly, rubicund man of middle age" (Winston Churchill).
Stout denotes a thickset, bulky figure: a painting of stout peasants.
Pudgy means short and fat: pudgy fingers.
Rotund suggests roundness of figure, often in a squat person: "this pink-faced rotund specimen of prosperity" (George Eliot).
Plump and chubby apply to a pleasing fullness of figure: a plump little toddler; chubby cheeks.