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Webster 1913 Edition

Fat

Fat

,
Noun.
[See
Vat
,
Noun.
]
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.

Fat

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Fatter
;
sup
erl.
Fattest
.]
[AS.
fǣtt
; akin to D.
vet
, G.
fett
,
feist
, Icel.
feitr
, Sw.
fet
, Dan.
fed
, and perh. to Gr.
πῖδαξ
spring, fountain,
πιδύειν
to gush forth,
πίων
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.

Fat

,
Noun.
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
.
☞ 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.

Fat

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Fatted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
atting
.]
[OE.
fatten
, AS.
fǣttian
. See
Fat
,
Adj.
, 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.
Shakespeare

Fat

,
Verb.
I.
To grow fat, plump, and fleshy.
An old ox
fats
as well, and is as good, as a young one.
Mortimer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fat

FAT

,
Adj.
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. Is. 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. Ps. 42.

FAT

,
Noun.
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. Gen 4.

FAT

,
Verb.
T.
To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep.

FAT

,
Verb.
I.
To grow fat, plump and fleshy.
An old ox fats as well, and is as good, as a young one.

FAT

,

Definition 2024

Fat

Fat

See also: fat, FAT, fát, fāt, făt, fät, and Fät

Plautdietsch

Noun

Fat n

  1. grease, fat
  2. drippings, gravy

Derived terms

  • fatijch

Related terms

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian fat, fatt ‎(adj); fāt ‎(adj); and *fāt ‎(noun); from Proto-Germanic *faitaz ‎(adj) and *faitą ‎(noun). More at fat.

Noun

Fat n

  1. fat; grease

Synonyms

  • Smeer

Derived terms

  • Plukfat

Related terms

fat

fat

See also: Fat, FAT, fát, fāt, făt, fät, and Fät

English

Adjective

fat ‎(comparative fatter, superlative fattest)

  1. Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
    The fat man had trouble getting through the door.
    The fattest pig should yield the most meat.
  2. Thick.
    The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers.
    • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 29686887 , chapter IV:
      So this was my future home, I thought! […] Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
  3. Bountiful.
  4. Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; said of food.
  5. (obsolete) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
  6. Fertile; productive.
    a fat soil;  a fat pasture
  7. Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
    a fat benefice;  a fat office;  a fat job
    • Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)
      now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk
  8. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
    • Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
      persons grown fat and wealthy by long impostures
  9. (dated, printing) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.
    a fat take;  a fat page
  10. Alternative form of phat
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body

Noun

fat ‎(usually uncountable, plural fats)

  1. (uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy.
  2. (countable) A refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat.
  3. That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
    We need to trim the fat in this company
  4. (slang) An erection.
    "I saw Daniel crack a fat."
  5. (golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
  6. The best or richest productions; the best part.
    to live on the fat of the land
  7. (dated, printing) Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor.
Synonyms
  • (animal tissue): adipose tissue, lard (in animals; derogatory slang when used of human fat)
  • (substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat): grease, lard
Derived terms
Translations
See also

Verb

fat ‎(third-person singular simple present fats, present participle fatting, simple past and past participle fatted)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To make fat; to fatten.
    kill the fatted calf
  2. (intransitive, archaic) To become fat; to fatten.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English, from Old English fæt ‎(“vat, vessel, jar, cup, casket, division”), from Proto-Germanic *fatą ‎(“vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *pod- ‎(“vessel”). Cognate with Dutch vat ‎(“barrel, vessel”), German Fass ‎(“barrel, drum”), Swedish fat ‎(“barrel, dish, cask”). See vat.

Noun

fat ‎(plural fats)

  1. (obsolete) A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.
    • 1611, Bible (KJV), Joel 2:24:
      And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.
    • 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 429:
      In 1431 New College purchases brewing vessels, under the names of a mash fat, for 6s. 10d., a wort fat for 2s., a 'Gilleding' tub for 2s. 6d., and two tunning barrels at 8d. each, a leaden boiler for 24s., another for 12s., and a great copper beer pot for 13s. 4d.
  2. (obsolete) A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.
Synonyms
Translations

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

Perhaps related to Latin fatum.

Noun

fat ?

  1. luck
  2. chance
  3. destiny

Buli (Indonesia)

Etymology

From Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

fat

  1. (cardinal) four

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin fātum.

Noun

fat m ‎(uncountable)

  1. fate

Chuukese

Adjective

fat

  1. clear, transparent

French

Etymology

From Old Provençal fat, from Latin fatuus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa/

Adjective

fat m ‎(feminine singular fate, masculine plural fats, feminine plural fates)

  1. conceited

Anagrams

Friulian

Etymology 1

From Latin factus.

Verb

fat

  1. past participle of fâ

Adjective

fat

  1. done, made
  2. ripe

Etymology 2

From Latin factum.

Noun

fat m ‎(plural fats)

  1. fact, deed

Related terms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faːt/
  • Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

fat n ‎(genitive singular fats, nominative plural föt)

  1. vat
  2. item of clothing

Declension

Kowiai

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

fat

  1. (cardinal) four

Ladin

Noun

fat m ‎(plural fac)

  1. fact

Derived terms

Adjective

fat m (feminine singular fata, masculine plural fats, feminine plural fates)

  1. done

Lojban

Rafsi

fat

  1. rafsi of fatne.

Molise Croatian

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian fatto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fât/

Noun

fat m

  1. story

Declension

References

  • Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013. Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010: Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

fat n ‎(definite singular fatet, indefinite plural fat, definite plural fata or fatene)

  1. plate
  2. vat
  3. barrel

Derived terms

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fatą

Noun

fat n

  1. vessel, cup

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Old Norse fat, from Proto-Germanic *fatą, from Proto-Indo-European *pod-.

Noun

fat n

  1. saucer; a small dish
  2. plate (serving dish)
  3. barrel (oil or wine), cask, keg (beer)
  4. barrel; a unit of volume. Usually referring to the oil barrel of 158.9873 liters

Declension

Inflection of fat 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fat fatet fat faten
Genitive fats fatets fats fatens

Derived terms

  • (saucer): tefat
  • (serving dish): serveringsfat, kakfat
  • (barrel; container): fatöl

Idioms

  • ha någons huvud på ett fat - have someone's head on a platter
  • det ligger någon i fatet - "it's in someone's plate" - about something that is, or is by others perceived as, an obstacle (physical or mental) to someone

Tboli

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *əpat, from Proto-Western Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

fat

  1. (cardinal) four

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowing from German Vater or English father.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fat/, [fat]]

Noun

fat ‎(plural fats)

  1. father

Declension

Derived terms

Yamdena

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Alternative forms

Numeral

fat

  1. (cardinal) four

Etymology

A fat cat

From Middle English fat, from Old English fǣtt ‎(“fatted, fat”), from Proto-Germanic *faitidaz ‎(“fatted”), originally the past participle of the verb *faitijaną ‎(“to make fat”), from *faitaz ‎(“fat”), from Proto-Indo-European *poid- ‎(“to abound in water, milk, or fat”), from Proto-Indo-European *poi- ‎(“sap, juice”). Cognate with German feist ‎(“fatted, plump, obese”). Related also to Saterland Frisian fat ‎(“fat”), Dutch vet ‎(“fat”), German fett ‎(“fat, corpulent”), Swedish fet ‎(“fat, oily, fatty”), Icelandic feitur ‎(“fat”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: făt, IPA(key): /fæt/
  • Rhymes: -æt
  • Homophone: phat

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