fat adj

1 having much flesh (especially fat); "he hadn't remembered how fat she was" [ant: thin]

2 having a relatively large diameter; "a fat rope"

3 containing or composed of fat; "fatty food"; "fat tissue" [syn: fatty] [ant: nonfat]

4 lucrative; "a juicy contract"; "a nice fat job" [syn: juicy]

5 marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil" [syn: fertile, productive, rich]

6 a chubby body; "the boy had a rounded face and fat cheeks" [syn: rounded]

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; adipose tissue also cushions and insulates vital organs; "fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold" [syn: adipose tissue, fatty tissue]

3 excess bodily weight; "she found fatness disgusting in herself as well as in others" [syn: fatness, blubber, avoirdupois] [ant: leanness] v : make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child" [syn: fatten, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up] [also: fatting, fatted, fattest, fatter]fatting See fat