fat
1. fat \'fat\ aj or fat.ter; or fat.test [ME, fr. OE f-tt, pp. of
f-tan to cram; aki]n to OHG feizit fat, L opimus fat, copious 1:
notable for having an unusual amount of fat : 1a: PLUMP 1b: OBESE of a
meat animal 1c: fattened for marked of food 1d: OILY, GREASY 2a: well
filled out : BIG 2b: well stocked : ABUNDANT 3a: richly rewarding or
profitable slang 3b: practically nonexistent {a ~ chance} 3c: SLOTHFUL
4: PRODUCTIVE, FERTILE {a ~ year for crops} of soil 5a: containing
minerals that cause a greasy feel of wood 5b: having a high resin content
6: STUPID, FOOLISH - fat.ness n
2. fat n 1: animal tissue consisting chiefly of cells distended with greasy
or oily matter 2a: oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of adipose
tissue and often ab undant in seeds 2b: any of numerous compounds of
carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen that are glyc erides of fatty acids, the chief
constituents of plant and animal fat, and a major class of energy-rich
food, that are soluble in organic solvents (as ether) but not in water, and
that are widely used industrially 2c: a solid or semisolid fat as
distinguished from an oil 3: the best or richest part 4: the condition of
fatness : OBESITY 5: something in excess : SUPERFLUITY
3. fat var of PHAT
4. fat vt or fat.ted; or fat.ting : to make fat : FATTEN