Definition of Fat

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Definition of Fat

Fat

A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.

A measure of quantity, differing for different commodities.

Abounding with fat

Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox.

Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food.

Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.

Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.

Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job.

Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.

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.

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.

The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land.

Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor.

To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep.

To grow fat, plump, and fleshy.

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Fat Quotations

The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat.
Albert Einstein

I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a 'public-spirited philanthropist'.
Ronald Reagan

I guess I don't so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and old.
Benjamin Franklin

A friend doesn't go on a diet because you are fat.
Erma Bombeck

Eating properly is great. I mean you cut the fat down, cut the cholesterol out, but still you got to get your rest and you got to have some form of exercise.
Mike Ditka

I find no sweeter fat than sticks to my own bones.
Walt Whitman

I found there was only one way to look thin, hang out with fat people.
Rodney Dangerfield

I'm fat, but I'm thin inside... there's a thin man inside every fat man.
George Orwell

If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health, slow your mind, make you fat - in other words, turn you into an adult.
P. J. O'Rourke

A recent police study found that you're much more likely to get shot by a fat cop if you run.
Dennis Miller

Fat Translations

fat in Afrikaans is vetterig, vet
fat in Danish is fed, tyk, fedt
fat in Dutch is lijvig, dik
fat in Finnish is rasva, paksu
fat in German is fett
fat in Italian is grassello, grosso
fat in Latin is pinguis
fat in Norwegian is fett, fet, tykk
fat in Portuguese is gordo, gordura
fat in Spanish is engrase, grueso, grasa, gordo
fat in Swedish is fet, fett

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