Definition of fat

• n. - A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.
• n. - A measure of quantity, differing for different commodities.
• superl. - Abounding with fat
• superl. - Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox.
• superl. - Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food.
• superl. - Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
• superl. - Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.
• superl. - Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job.
• superl. - Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
• 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.
• 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.
• n. - The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land.
• n. - Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor.
• a. - To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep.
• v. i. - To grow fat, plump, and fleshy.