Found 2 items, similar to Fatter.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: fatter
fat
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; 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]
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fatting,
fatted,
fattest,
fatter]
fat
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]
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]
[also:
fatting,
fatted,
fattest,
fatter]
fatter
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English → English (gcide)
Definition: Fatter
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.
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2. Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy;
gross; dull; stupid.
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Making our western wits fat and mean. --Emerson.
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Make the heart of this people fat. --Is. vi. 10.
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3. Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.
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4. Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat
benefice; a fat office; a fat job.
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Now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk.
--Carlyle.
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5. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate. [Obs.]
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Persons grown fat and wealthy by long impostures.
--Swift.
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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.
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Fat lute, a mixture of pipe clay and oil for filling
joints.
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