Definition of "fat" in Englisch

adjective

1. Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.

   • The fat man had problems going through the door.
   • The fattest pig should yield the most meat.
   • 1932, New Orleans (La.) Board of Health, Vox Sanitatis While Hennessey is pouring the milk, the fat guy with the big pot-belly, will come over and write a lot of junk in his little book.

2. Thick; large.

   • The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers.

3. Bulbous; rotund.

4. Bountiful.

5. Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich (said of food).

6. (obsolete) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.

   • 1855 July 21, Ralph Waldo Emerson, letter to Walter Whitman making our western wits fat & mean

7. Fertile; productive.

   • a fat soil; a fat pasture

8. Rich; producing a large income; desirable.

   • a fat benefice; a fat office;  a fat job

9. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.

   • , "Why Christ's Doctrine was Rejected" persons grown fat and wealthy by a long and successful imposture

10. (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

11. (golf) Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.

12. (theater) Of a role: significant; major; meaty.

13. (slang) Being greatly or substantially such; real.

    • 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure I'd've liked to hang around but the guys were in a fat hurry.

14. (computing) Carrying additional data or functionality.

    • fat client
    • a fat pointer

15. Alternative form of phat.

noun

1. (uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.

   • Mammals that hibernate have plenty of fat to keep them warm during the winter.

2. (countable) A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.