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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FAT, a.
1. Fleshy; plump; corpulent; abounding with an oily concrete substance, as an animal body; the contrary to lean; as a fat man; a fat ox.
2. Coarse; gross.
Nay, added fat pollutions of our own.
3. Dull; heavy; stupid; unteachable.
Make the heart of this people fat. Isaiah 6.
4. Rich; wealthy; affluent.
These are terrible alarms to persons grown fat and wealthy.
5. Rich; producing a large income; as a fat benefice.
6. Rich; fertile; as a fat soil; or rich; nourishing; as fat pasture.
7. Abounding in spiritual grace and comfort.
They [the righteous] shall be fat and flourishing. Psalms 42.
FAT, n.
1. An oily concrete substance, deposited in the cells of the adipose or cellular membrane of animal bodies. In most parts of the body, the fat lies immediately under the skin. Fat is of various degrees of consistence, as in tallow, lard and oil. It has been recently ascertained to consist of two substances, stearine and elaine, the former of which is solid, the latter liquid, at common temperatures, and on the different proportions of which its degree of consistence depends.
2. The best or richest part of a thing.
Abel brought of the fat of his flock. Genesis 4.
FAT, v.t. To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep.
FAT, v.i. To grow fat, plump and fleshy.
An old ox fats as well, and is as good, as a young one.
FAT,
VAT, n.
A large tub, cistern or vessel used for various purposes, as by brewers to run their wort in, by tanners for holding their bark and hides, etc. It is also a wooden vessel containing a quarter or eight bushels of grain, and a pan for containing water in salt-works, a vessel for wine, etc.
The fats shall overflow with wine and oil. Joel 2.
FAT, n. A measure of capacity, but indefinite.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was" [ant: lean, thin]
2: having a relatively large diameter; "a fat rope"
3: containing or composed of fat; "fatty food"; "fat tissue" [syn: fatty, fat] [ant: fat-free, fatless, nonfat]
4: lucrative; "a juicy contract"; "a nice fat job" [syn: fat, juicy]
5: marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil" [syn: fat, fertile, productive, rich] n
1: a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides); "pizza has too much fat"
2: 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" [syn: adipose tissue, fat, fatty tissue]
3: excess bodily weight; "she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others" [syn: fatness, fat, blubber, avoirdupois] [ant: leanness, spareness, thinness] v
1: make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child" [syn: fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective (fatter; fattest) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English f?tt, past participle of f?tan to cram; akin to Old High German feizit fat Date: before 12th century 1. notable for having an unusual amount of fat: a. plump b. obese c. of a meat animal fattened for market d. of food oily, greasy 2. a. well filled out ; thick, big <a fat book> b. full in tone and quality ; rich <a gorgeous fat bass voice — Irish Digest> c. well stocked <a fat larder> d. prosperous, wealthy <grew fat on the war — Time> e. being substantial and impressive <a fat bank account> 3. a. richly rewarding or profitable <a fat part in a movie> <a fat contract> b. practically nonexistent <a fat chance> 4. productive, fertile <a fat year for crops> 5. stupid, foolish 6. being swollen <got a fat lip from the fight> 7. of a baseball pitch easy to hit • fatness noun II. transitive verb (fatted; fatting) Date: before 12th century to make fat ; fatten III. noun Date: 14th century 1. animal tissue consisting chiefly of cells distended with greasy or oily matter 2. a. oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of adipose tissue and often abundant in seeds b. any of various compounds of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen that are glycerides of fatty acids, are the chief constituents of plant and animal fat, are a major class of energy-rich food, and are soluble in organic solvents but not in water c. a solid or semisolid fat as distinguished from an oil 3. the best or richest part 4. obesity 5. something in excess ; superfluity <trim the fat from the news operation — Ray Olson> • fatless adjective

Britannica Concise

Any organic compound of plant or animal origin that is not volatile, does not dissolve in water, and is oily or greasy. Chemically, fats from animals and from vegetables (oils) are identical, consisting mainly of triglycerides (esters of glycerol with fatty acids); the differences are in the melting temperature and physical state (solid or liquid) of each, which depends on the saturation of the fatty acids and the length of the carbon chain. The glycerides may have only a few component fatty acids or as many as 100 (in butterfat). Almost all natural fats and oils are constructed from two-carbon units and thus contain only fatty acids with an even number of carbon atoms. Natural fats such as corn oil have small amounts of compounds besides triglycerides, incl. phospholipids, plant steroids, tocopherols (vitamin E), vitamin A, waxes, carotenoids, and many others, incl. decomposition products of these. Fats in foods come from ripe seeds and fruits (corn, peanuts, olives, avocados) and from animal sources (meat, eggs, milk). They contain more than twice as much energy (calories) per unit of weight as proteins and carbohydrates. Digestion of fats in foods, often partial, is done by enzymes called lipases. The breakdown products are absorbed from the intestines into the blood, which carries microscopic fat droplets reconstituted from digested fats or synthesized in cells to sites of storage or use. Fats are readily broken down, primarily into glycerol and fatty acids, by hydrolysis, a first step for many of their numerous industrial uses. See also lipid.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n., adj., & v. --n. 1 a natural oily or greasy substance occurring esp. in animal bodies. 2 the part of anything containing this. 3 excessive presence of fat in a person or animal; corpulence. 4 Chem. any of a group of natural esters of glycerol and various fatty acids existing as solids at room temperature. --adj. (fatter, fattest) 1 (of a person or animal) having excessive fat; corpulent. 2 (of an animal) made plump for slaughter; fatted. 3 containing much fat. 4 greasy, oily, unctuous. 5 (of land or resources) fertile, rich; yielding abundantly. 6 a thick, substantial in content (a fat book). b substantial as an asset or opportunity (a fat cheque; was given a fat part in the play). 7 a (of coal) bituminous. b (of clay etc.) sticky. 8 colloq. iron. very little; not much (a fat chance; a fat lot). --v.tr. & intr. (fatted, fatting) make or become fat. Phrases and idioms: fat cat sl. 1 US a wealthy person, esp. as a benefactor. 2 Austral. a highly paid executive or official. fat-head colloq. a stupid person. fat-headed stupid. fat-headedness stupidity. fat hen the white goosefoot, Chenopodium album. the fat is in the fire trouble is imminent. kill the fatted calf celebrate, esp. at a prodigal's return (Luke 15). live off (or on) the fat of the land have the best of everything. Derivatives: fatless adj. fatly adv. fatness n. fattish adj. Etymology: OE fæt (adj.), fættian (v.) f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fat Fat, n. 1. (Physiol. Chem.) An oily liquid or greasy substance making up the main bulk of the adipose tissue of animals, and widely distributed in the seeds of plants. See Adipose tissue, under Adipose. Note: Animal fats are composed mainly of three distinct fats, tristearin, tripalmitin, and triolein, mixed in varying proportions. As olein is liquid at ordinary temperatures, while the other two fats are solid, it follows that the consistency or hardness of fats depends upon the relative proportion of the three individual fats. During the life of an animal, the fat is mainly in a liquid state in the fat cells, owing to the solubility of the two solid fats in the more liquid olein at the body temperature. Chemically, fats are composed of fatty acid, as stearic, palmitic, oleic, etc., united with glyceryl. In butter fat, olein and palmitin predominate, mixed with another fat characteristic of butter, butyrin. In the vegetable kingdom many other fats or glycerides are to be found, as myristin from nutmegs, a glyceride of lauric acid in the fat of the bay tree, etc. 2. The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land. 3. (Typog.) Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor. Fat acid. (Chem.) See Sebacic acid, under Sebacic. Fat series, Fatty series (Chem.), the series of the paraffine hydrocarbons and their derivatives; the marsh gas or methane series. Natural fats (Chem.), the group of oily substances of natural occurrence, as butter, lard, tallow, etc., as distinguished from certain fatlike substance of artificial production, as paraffin. Most natural fats are essentially mixtures of triglycerides of fatty acids.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fat Fat, n. [See Vat, n.] 1. A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat. [Obs.] The fats shall overflow with wine and oil. --Joel ii. 24. 2. A measure of quantity, differing for different commodities. [Obs.] --Hebert.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fat Fat, a. [Compar. Fatter; superl. Fattest.] [AS. f[=ae]tt; akin to D. vet, G. fett, feist, Icel. feitr, Sw. fet, Dan. fed, and perh. to Gr. pi^dax spring, fountain, pidy`ein to gush forth, pi`wn fat, Skr. pi to swell.] 1. Abounding with fat; as: (a) Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox. (b) Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food. 2. Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid. Making our western wits fat and mean. --Emerson. Make the heart of this people fat. --Is. vi. 10. 3. Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture. 4. Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job. Now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk. --Carlyle. 5. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate. [Obs.] Persons grown fat and wealthy by long impostures. --Swift. 6. (Typog.) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; -- said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page. Fat lute, a mixture of pipe clay and oil for filling joints.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fat Fat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fatted; p. pr. & vb. n. atting.] [OE. fatten, AS. f[=ae]ttian. See Fat, a., and cf. Fatten.] To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep. We fat all creatures else to fat us. --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fat Fat, v. i. To grow fat, plump, and fleshy. An old ox fats as well, and is as good, as a young one. --Mortimer.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(fatter, fattest, fats) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you say that a person or animal is fat, you mean that they have a lot of flesh on their body and that they weigh too much. You usually use the word fat when you think that this is a bad thing. I could eat what I liked without getting fat... After five minutes, the fat woman in the seat in front of me was asleep. = overweight ? thin ADJ [disapproval] • fatness No one knows whether a child's tendency towards fatness is inherited or due to the food he eats. 2. Fat is the extra flesh that animals and humans have under their skin, which is used to store energy and to help keep them warm. Because you're not burning calories, everything you eat turns to fat. N-UNCOUNT 3. Fat is a solid or liquid substance obtained from animals or vegetables, which is used in cooking. When you use oil or fat for cooking, use as little as possible. ...vegetable fats, such as coconut oil and palm oil. N-MASS 4. Fat is a substance contained in foods such as meat, cheese, and butter which forms an energy store in your body. An easy way to cut the amount of fat in your diet is to avoid eating red meats... Most low-fat yogurts are about 40 calories per 100g. N-MASS 5. A fat object, especially a book, is very thick or wide. ...'Europe in Figures', a fat book published on September 22nd... = thick ? thin, slim ADJ 6. A fat profit or fee is a large one. (INFORMAL) They are set to make a big fat profit. ADJ: ADJ n 7. If you say that there is fat chance of something happening, you mean that you do not believe that it will happen. (INFORMAL, mainly SPOKEN) 'Would your car be easy to steal?'—'Fat chance. I've got a device that shuts down the gas and ignition.' PHRASE: oft PHR of n [feelings]

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Heb. heleb) denotes the richest part of the animal, or the fattest of the flock, in the account of Abel's sacrifice (Gen. 4:4). It sometimes denotes the best of any production (Gen. 45:18; Num. 18:12; Ps. 81:16; 147:47). The fat of sacrifices was to be burned (Lev. 3:9-11; 4:8; 7:3; 8:25; Num. 18:17. Comp. Ex. 29:13-22; Lev. 3:3-5).

It is used figuratively for a dull, stupid state of mind (Ps 17:10).

In Joel 2:24 the word is equivalent to "vat," a vessel. The hebrew word here thus rendered is elsewhere rendered "wine-fat" and "press-fat" (Hag. 2:16; Isa. 63:2).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

(chelebh, chelebh): The layer of subcutaneous fat and the compact suet surrounding the viscera and imbedded in the entrails, which, like the blood, was forbidden as food in the Mosaic code (Le 3:17). It was to be sacrificed to God by being burnt upon the altar (Le 3:16; 30). This had to be done on the very day on which a beast had been slaughtered, to remove temptation from the Israelite to use it otherwise (Ex 23:18). The law was probably a sanitary restriction, for, at an early date, leprosy, scrofula and disfiguring cutaneous diseases were thought to be caused by the use of fat as food. It was, moreover, an important pedagogical provision teaching the idea of self-denial, and the maxim that the richest and best meat of the edible animal belonged to Yahweh.

See also FATLING; FOWL, FATTED.

The expression "fat" is often used in figurative senses, e.g. abundant, exuberant, lusty, fertile, robust, outwardly successful (De 32:15; Ps 92:14 the King James Version; Ps 119:70; Pr 11:25; 13:4, etc.).

H. L. E. Luering

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Oleaginous, unctuous, adipose, oily, greasy, fatty. 2. Plump, fleshy, corpulent, obese, portly, pursy. 3. Coarse, heavy, dull, sluggish, stupid, fat-witted. 4. Rich, profitable, lucrative. 5. Fertile, fruitful, productive, rich.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

The last landed, inned, or stowed, of any sort of merchandise: so called by the water-side porters, carmen, etc. All the fat is in the fire; that is, it is all over with us: a saying used in case of any miscarriage or disappointment in an undertaking; an allusion to overturning the frying pan into the fire. Fat, among printers, means void spaces.

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Moby Thesaurus

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