Definition of 'fat'
Noun
- a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides); "pizza has too much fat"
- 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"
Synonyms: adipose tissue fatty tissue - excess bodily weight; "she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others"
Synonyms: fatness blubber avoirdupois
Antonyms: leanness thinness spareness
Verb
- make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"
Synonyms: fatten flesh out fill out plump plump out fatten out fatten up
Adjective
- having much flesh (especially fat); "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"
Antonyms: thin lean - having a relatively large diameter; "a fat rope"
- containing or composed of fat; "fatty food"; "fat tissue"
Synonyms: fatty
Antonyms: nonfat fat-free fatless - lucrative; "a juicy contract"; "a nice fat job"
Synonyms: juicy - marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil"
Synonyms: fertile productive rich - a chubby body; "the boy had a rounded face and fat cheeks"
Synonyms: rounded
