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fat in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. 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"
    adipose tissue  fat  fatty tissue 
  2. excess bodily weight
    "she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others"
    fatness  fat  blubber  avoirdupois 
  3. a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)
    "pizza has too much fat"
    fat 
verb
  1. make fat or plump
    "We will plump out that poor starving child"
    fatten  fat  flesh out  fill out  plump  plump out  fatten out  fatten up 
adjective
  1. having an (over)abundance of flesh
    "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"
    fat 
  2. containing or composed of fat
    "fatty food"; "fat tissue"
    fatty  fat 
  3. marked by great fruitfulness
    "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil"
    fat  fertile  productive  rich 
  4. lucrative
    "a juicy contract"; "a nice fat job"
    fat  juicy 
  5. having a relatively large diameter
    "a fat rope"
    fat 
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