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fat

adjective

having much flesh (especially fat); "he hadn''t remembered how fat she was"
Antonyms: thin, lean Similar: abdominous, paunchy, potbellied, blubbery, buxom, chubby, embonpoint, plump, zaftig, zoftig, compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset, corpulent, obese, weighty, rotund, double-chinned, jowly, loose-jowled, dumpy, podgy, pudgy, tubby, fattish, fleshy, heavy, overweight, gross, porcine, portly, stout
having a relatively large diameter; "a fat rope"
Similar: thick
containing or composed of fat; "fatty food"; "fat tissue"
Synonyms: fatty Antonyms: nonfat, fat-free, fatless Similar: adipose, buttery, greasy, oily, sebaceous, oleaginous, suety, superfatted
lucrative; "a juicy contract"; "a nice fat job"
Synonyms: juicy Similar: profitable
marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil"
Synonyms: fertile, productive, rich Similar: fruitful
a chubby body; "the boy had a rounded face and fat cheeks"
Synonyms: rounded Similar: endomorphic, pyknic

noun

a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides); "pizza has too much fat"
a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; adipose tissue also cushions and insulates vital organs; "fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold"
Synonyms: adipose tissue, fatty tissue
excess bodily weight; "she found fatness disgusting in herself as well as in others"
Synonyms: avoirdupois, blubber, fatness Antonyms: leanness, thinness

verb

make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"
Synonyms: fatten, fatten out, fatten up, fill out, flesh out, plump, plump out