fatness
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nɪs noun
1.
the state or condition of being fat; obesity; corpulence.
2.
richness; fertility; abundance: the fatness of the land.
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| —n | |
| 1. | See also oil any of a class of naturally occurring soft greasy solids that are esters of glycerol and certain fatty acids. They are present in some plants and in the adipose tissue of animals, forming a reserve energy source, and are used in making soap and paint and in the food industry |
| 2. | vegetable or animal tissue containing fatRelated: adipose, lipoid, stearic |
| 3. | corpulence, obesity, or plumpness |
| 4. | the best or richest part of something |
| 5. | a part in a play that gives an actor a good opportunity to show his talents |
| 6. | slang chew the fat |
| a. to argue over a point | |
| b. to talk idly; gossip | |
| 7. | the fat is in the fire an irrevocable action has been taken, esp one from which dire consequences are expected |
| 8. | the fat of the land the best that is obtainable |
| —adj , fatter, fattest | |
| 9. | having much or too much flesh or fat |
| 10. | consisting of or containing fat; greasy: fat pork |
| 11. | profitable; lucrative: a fat year |
| 12. | affording great opportunities: a fat part in the play |
| 13. | fertile or productive: a fat land |
| 14. | thick, broad, or extended: a fat log of wood |
| 15. | having a high content of a particular material or ingredient, such as resin in wood or oil in paint |
| 16. | plentifully supplied: a fat larder |
| 17. | slang empty; stupid: get this into your fat head |
| 18. | slang very little or none; minimal (in phrases such as a fat chance, a fat lot of good, etc) |
| —vb , fatter, fattest, fats, fatting, fatted | |
| 19. | to make or become fat; fatten |
| Related: adipose, lipoid, stearic | |
| [Old English fǣtt, past participle of fǣtan to cram; related to Old Norse feita, Old High German feizen to fatten; compare Gothic fētjan to adorn] | |
| 'fatless | |
| —adj | |
| 'fatlike | |
| —adj | |
| 'fatly | |
| —adv | |
| 'fatness | |
| —n | |
| 'fattish | |
| —adj | |
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Fatness
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Example sentences
Americans are indeed the proud world champions of fatness.
The social profile of fatness suggests he may be right.
She grew fat, and by the time she was twenty she had settled into a wide, solid fatness.
Rather, it is an attempt to move outside the cultural obsession with fatness.
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