Collins English-English Dictionary

fat [fæt]

1. 1. n any of a class of naturally occurring soft greasy solids that are esters of glycerol and certain fatty acids. They are present in some plants and in the adipose tissue of animals, forming a reserve energy source, and are used in making soap and paint and in the food industry - See also oil

2. 2. n vegetable or animal tissue containing fat

3. 3. n corpulence, obesity, or plumpness

4. 4. n the best or richest part of something

5. 5. n a part in a play that gives an actor a good opportunity to show his talents

6. 6. adj having much or too much flesh or fat

7. 7. adj consisting of or containing fat; greasy

   fat pork

8. 8. adj profitable; lucrative

   a fat year

9. 9. adj affording great opportunities

   a fat part in the play

10. 10. adj fertile or productive

    a fat land

11. 11. adj thick, broad, or extended

    a fat log of wood

12. 12. adj having a high content of a particular material or ingredient, such as resin in wood or oil in paint

13. 13. adj plentifully supplied

    a fat larder

14. 14. adj [slang] empty; stupid

    get this into your fat head

15. 15. adj [slang] very little or none; minimal (in phrases such as a fat chance, a fat lot of good, etc)

16. 16. vb to make or become fat; fatten

17. 17. vb [Etymology] Old English fætt, past participle of fætan to cram; related to Old Norse feita, Old High German feizen to fatten; compare Gothic fetjan to adorn