fat

adjoverweight

adjcontaining an oily substance
adjproductive, rich
nounoverweight, adipose tissue

Word Origin & History

Old English fætt "fat, fatted, plump, obese," originally a contracted past participle of fættian "to cram, stuff," from Proto-Germanic *faitaz "fat" (cf. Old Frisian fatt, Old Norse feitr, Dutch vet, German feist), from PIE *poid- "to abound in water, milk, fat, etc." (cf. Greek piduein "to gush forth"), from root *peie- "to be fat, swell" (cf. Sanskrit payate "swells, exuberates," pituh "juice, sap, resin;" Lithuanian pienas "milk;" Greek pion "fat, wealthy;" Latin pinguis "fat").

Teen slang meaning "attractive, up to date" (also later

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Example Sentences for fat

There—do you see that fat man that's just going out—him as has got on the Indy 'ankycher?

The fat man from behind the register had come to take his order.

Strain the liquid from the veal and bones and remove the fat.

Give the proportions of fat and flour that may be used for pastry.

Remove the fat and serve some of the nicest joints with the soup.

Then wipe the meat ...

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