Definitions for the word "fat" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A measure of quantity, differing for different commodities.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. superl.
Abounding with fat
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. superl.
Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. superl.
Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. superl.
Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. superl.
Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. superl.
Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. superl.
Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. superl.
Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; -- said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
An oily liquid or greasy substance making up the main bulk of the adipose tissue of animals, and widely distributed in the seeds of plants. See Adipose tissue, under Adipose.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. n.
Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. a.
To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
15. v. i.
To grow fat, plump, and fleshy.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
16. n.
1 natural oily or greasy substance found esp. In animal bodies. 2 part of meat etc. Containing this. adj. (fatter, fattest) 1 corpulent; plump. 2 containing much fat. 3 fertile. 4 a thick (fat book). B substantial (fat cheque). 5 colloq. Iron. Very little; not much (a fat chance; a fat lot). v. (-tt-) make or become fat. the fat is in the fire trouble is imminent. Kill the fatted calf celebrate, esp. At a prodigal''s return (luke 15). Live off (or on) the fat of the land live luxuriously. fatless adj. Fatness n. Fattish adj. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
17. slang
a printer’s term signifying the void spaces on a page, for which
he is paid at the same rate as for full or unbroken pages. Occasionally
called “grease,” and applied variously, but always as showing some undue
or uncommon amount of advantage.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
18. slang
rich, abundant, &c.; “a FAT lot;” “to cut it FAT,” to exaggerate,
to show off in an extensive or grand manner, to assume undue importance;
“cut up FAT,” see under CUT. As a theatrical term, a part with plenty of
FAT in it is one which affords the actor an opportunity of effective
display.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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