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Fat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fatted p. pr. & vb. n. atting ] To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep.
We fat all creatures else to fat us. --Shak.
fat
adj 1: having much flesh (especially fat); "he hadn't remembered
how fat she was" [ant: thin]
2: having a relatively large diameter; "a fat rope"
3: containing or composed of fat; "fatty food"; "fat tissue"
[syn: fatty] [ant: nonfat]
4: lucrative; "a juicy contract"; "a nice fat job" [syn: juicy]
5: marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat
land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil" [syn: fertile,
productive, rich]
6: a chubby body; "the boy had a rounded face and fat cheeks"
[syn: rounded]
n 1: a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and
consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly
triglycerides); "pizza has too much fat"
2: 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" [syn: adipose tissue, fatty tissue]
3: excess bodily weight; "she found fatness disgusting in
herself as well as in others" [syn: fatness, blubber,
avoirdupois] [ant: leanness]
v : make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving
child" [syn: fatten, flesh out, fill out, plump,
plump out, fatten out, fatten up]
[also: fatting, fatted, fattest, fatter]