FAT (gene)
WordNet
adjective
(1) A chubby body
"The boy had a rounded face and fat cheeks"
(2) Having much flesh (especially fat)
"He hadn't remembered how fat she was"
(3) Containing or composed of fat
"Fatty food"
"Fat tissue"
(4) Marked by great fruitfulness
"Fertile farmland"
"A fat land"
"A productive vineyard"
"Rich soil"
(5) Lucrative
"A juicy contract"
"A nice fat job"
(6) Having a relatively large diameter
"A fat rope"
noun
(7) Excess bodily weight
"She disliked fatness in herself as well as in others"
(8) A kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs
"Fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold"
(9) A soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
"Pizza has too much fat"
verb
(10) Make fat or plump
"We will plump out that poor starving child"
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- Carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body.
- The fat man had trouble getting through the door.
- Thick.
- The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers.
- Bountiful.
- Variant form of phat.
- A poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (See thin, shank, toe)
- An erection.
- "I saw Daniel crack a fat."
Synonyms
chubby, chunky, corpulent, lardy (slang), obese, overweight, plump, porky (slang), rotund, tubby, well-fedthick bountiful, prosperous
Noun
fat (uncountable and countable; plural fats)
- A specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy.
- A refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat.
- That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
- We need to trim the fat in this company
- A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.
- A person or animal that is overweight or obese.
Synonyms
adipose tissue, lard (in animals; derogatory slang when used of human fat) grease, lard vatQuotations
vat
- 1882, 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. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 429.
Verb
- To make fat; to fatten.
- kill the fatted calf