| ADJECTIVE | all | fat | having an (over)abundance of flesh |
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| all | fat | having a relatively large diameter | |
| all | fat, fatty | containing or composed of fat / fat | |
| all | fat, juicy | lucrative | |
| all | fat, fertile, productive, rich | marked by great fruitfulness | |
| NOUN | substance | fat | a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides) |
| body | fat, adipose tissue, fatty tissue | a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy | |
| attribute | fat, fatness, blubber, avoirdupois | excess bodily weight | |
| VERB | consumption | fat, fatten, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up | make fat or plump |
| Sounds | fae't | |
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| Rhymes | acrobat ... ziggurat: 63 rhymes with aet... | |
| Meaning | Having a relatively large diameter. | |
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| Example | "a fat rope" | |
| Broader | thick | not thin |
| Spanish | grueso | |
| Meaning | Containing or composed of fat / fat. | |
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| Synonym | fatty | |
| Narrower | adipose | Composed of animal fat |
| buttery | resembling or containing or spread with butter | |
| greasy, oily, sebaceous, oleaginous | Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil | |
| suety | like or full of suet | |
| superfatted | (of soap) containing extra unsaponified fat / fat | |
| Opposite | nonfat, fat-free, fatless | Without fat / fat or fat / fat solids |
| Spanish | gordo | |
| Nouns | fat | a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy |
| fat | a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides) | |
| Meaning | lucrative. | |
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| Example | "a nice fat job" | |
| Synonym | juicy | |
| Broader | profitable | Yielding material gain or profit |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Meaning | marked by great fruitfulness. | |
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| Example | "a fat land" | |
| Synonyms | fertile, productive, rich | |
| Broader | fruitful | Productive or conducive to producing in abundance |
| Spanish | fértil, productivo, rico | |
| Meaning | A kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs. | |
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| Example | "fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold" | |
| Synonyms | adipose tissue, fatty tissue | |
| Narrower | atheroma | A fatty deposit in the intima (inner lining) of an artery |
| belly, paunch | A protruding abdomen | |
| cellulite | lumpy deposits of body fat especially on women's thighs etc. | |
| flab | Loose or flaccid body fat | |
| mons, mons veneris, mons pubis | A mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic area in women | |
| puppy fat | fat on the body of a baby or child | |
| spare tire, love handle | excess fat around the waistline | |
| Broader | animal tissue | The tissue in the bodies of animals |
| Adjectives | fatty, fat | containing or composed of fat / fat |
| Verbs | fat | make fat or plump |
| Meaning | excess bodily weight. | |
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| Example | "she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others" | |
| Synonyms | fatness, blubber, avoirdupois | |
| Narrower | abdominousness, paunchiness | The bodily property of a protruding belly |
| adiposity, adiposeness, fattiness | Having the property of containing fat | |
| fleshiness, obesity, corpulency | More than average fatness | |
| greasiness, oiliness, oleaginousness | Consisting of or covered with oil | |
| steatopygia | An extreme accumulation of fat on the buttocks | |
| Broader | bodily property | An attribute of the body |
| Opposite | leanness, thinness, spareness | The property of having little body fat |
| Adjectives | fat | having an (over)abundance of flesh |
| Verbs | fat | make fat or plump |
| Meaning | make fat or plump. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | fatten, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up | |
| Entails | feed, give | Give food to |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Catalan | encebar | |
| Spanish | cebar | |
| Nouns | fat | excess bodily weight |
| fat | a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy | |