fat

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
2. Thick; large.
3. Bulbous; rotund.
4. Bountiful.
5. Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich (said of food).
6. (obsolete) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
7. Fertile; productive.
8. Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
9. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
10. Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.
11. Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.
12. Of a role: significant; major; meaty.
13. (slang) Being greatly or substantially such; real.
14. Carrying additional data or functionality.
15. Alternative form of phat

Noun

1. A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.
2. A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.
3. A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.
4. That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
5. (slang) An erection.
6. A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
7. The best or richest productions; the best part.
8. Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor.
9. (informal) A fat person.
10. A beef cattle fattened for sale.

Verb

1. To make fat; to fatten.
2. To become fat; to fatten.
3. To hit (a golf ball) with a fat shot.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.
2. (obsolete) A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.

Concepts

graisse

gras

gros

matière grasse

épais

corpulent

huile

obèse

lipide

grossir

dodu

replet

graisseux

le gras

devenir gros

gonflé

engraisser

grosse

fort

boulot

potelé

rondouillard

poisseux

huileux

imprégné d’huile

oléagineux

onctueux

sébacé

beurre

moëlle

lipidique

rond

matières grasses

corps gras

graisse animale

lard

saindoux

suif

epais

huiles et graisses

huiles grasses

mésentère

grosse femme

épaisse

ventripotent

fruitier

fécond

productif

riche

obésité

tissu adipeux

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/fæt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English fat, from Old English fǣtt (“fatted, fat”), from Proto-West Germanic *faitid (“fatted”), originally the past participle of the verb *faitijan (“to make fat”), from *fait (“fat”).