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fat

noun

1 fat

A soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides).

Dutch: vet
Polish: tłuszcz

2 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.

Dutch: smeer, vet, vetweefsel
Polish: tłuszcz, tkanka tłuszczowa

3 fat

Excess bodily weight:
— She disliked fatness in herself as well as in others.

synonyms: avoirdupois, blubber, fatness.

Roget 356: oil, fat, butter, cream, grease, tallow, suet, lard, dripping exunge, blubber; glycerin, stearin, elaine [Chem], oleagine; ... show more

Dutch: vetheid
Polish: tłustość

verb

1 fat

Make fat or plump.

synonyms: fatten, fatten out, fatten up, fill out, flesh out, plump, plump out.

Dutch: vetmesten

adjective

1 fat

Having an (over)abundance of flesh.

Roget 194: expanded, etc. v.; larger, etc. (large) etc. 192; swollen; expansive; wide open, wide spread; flabelliform; overgrown, ... show more

Roget 192: large, big; great etc. (in quantity) 31; considerable, bulky, voluminous, ample, massive, massy; capacious, comprehensive; ... show more

Polish: spasły, gruby

2 fat

Having a relatively large diameter.

Polish: gruby

3 fat

Containing or composed of fat:
— Fatty food.
— Fat tissue.

synonym: fatty.

Roget 355: unctuous, oily, oleaginous, adipose, sebaceous; unguinous; fat, fatty, greasy; waxy, butyraceous, soapy, saponaceous, pinguid, ... show more

Polish: tłusty

4 fat

Lucrative:
— A nice fat job.

synonym: juicy.

5 fat

Marked by great fruitfulness:
— A fat land.

synonyms: fertile, productive, rich.

Polish: wydajny, produktywny


Moby thesaurus: Boeotian, Haliver Oil, abounding, abounding in riches, abundant, adipose, adipose tissue, advantageous, affluent, all-sufficing, ample, animal oil, animal oils, aplenty, asinine, balmy, banausic, become overweight, bedizenment, beef tallow ... show more.

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