Fat Word Meaning

Old English fǣtt ‘well fed, plump’, also ‘fatty, oily’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vet and German feist

a natural oily substance occurring in animal bodies, especially when deposited as a layer under the skin or around certain organs

natural oily substance

• whales and seals insulate themselves with layers of fat

any of a group of natural esters of glycerol and various fatty acids, which are solid at room temperature and are the main constituents of animal and vegetable fat

natural ester of glycerol and fatty acids

• some 40 per cent of our daily calories are derived from dietary fats

(of a person or animal) having a large amount of excess flesh

having much excess flesh

• the driver was a fat wheezing man

large in bulk or circumference

large in bulk or circumference

• a fat cigarette

make or become fat

make or become fat

• numbers of black cattle are fatted here
• the hogs have been fatting