Meaning of fat | Babel Free

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1. Acronym of file allocation table.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
2. ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Fante Akan
3. A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.
   uncountable, usually
4. A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.
   obsolete
5. grease, fat
6. A fop or dandy.
7. Any of a series of file systems that use one or more FATs.
   countable, often, specifically, uncountable
8. FAT16 or FAT16B.
   countable, often, specifically, uncountable
9. Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin
10. Such tissue as food: the fatty portion of (or trimmings from) meat cuts.
    uncountable, usually
11. A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.
    obsolete
12. drippings, gravy
13. To make or become fat; fatten.
14. FAT12.
    countable, sometimes, specifically, uncountable
15. Thick; large
16. 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.
    countable, usually
17. Very little or none at all: a fat lot of good it will do him.
18. FAT12 or FAT16, without drawing a distinction between the two.
    countable, specifically, uncountable
19. Bulbous; rotund
20. That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
    uncountable, usually
21. Very little or no chance.
22. Any of a series of genes and their equivalent proteins that are associated with cell proliferation.
    countable, uncountable
23. Bountiful
24. An erection.
    slang, uncountable, usually
25. Bad consequences are sure to follow; trouble lies ahead.
26. Initialism of full agricultural tenancy.
    England, Wales, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
27. A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
    uncountable, usually
28. Desirable resources, especially when acquired with little effort: I fantasized about buying a farm and living off the fat of the land.
29. The best or richest productions; the best part.
    uncountable, usually
30. Any of a large number of oily compounds that are widely found in plant and animal tissues and serve mainly as a reserve source of energy. In mammals, fat is deposited beneath the skin and around the internal organs, where it also protects and insulates against heat loss. Fats are made chiefly of triglycerides, each molecule of which contains three fatty acids. See more at saturated fat, unsaturated fat.
31. Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor.
    dated, uncountable, usually
32. vetheid, gesetheid سُمْنَه дебелина gordura tloušťka, tučnost die Fettigkeit fedme πάχοςgordura priskus چاقی lihavuus embonpointפוריות मोटापन pretilost, debljina kövérség kegemukan gildleiki, feitlagni grassezza 肥満 뚱뚱함, 기름짐 riebumas tuklums; resnums kegemukan diktefedme tłustość چاغ والى، څورب والى، مزى توب، غوړوالى، شته منى، بډايى gordura corpolenţă полнота tučnota mastnost debljina fetma ความอ้วน şişmanlık 油脂，肥胖 жирність مٹاپا sự béo; sự màu mỡ 油脂，肥胖
33. A fat person.
    derogatory, informal, uncountable, usually
34. (often with up) to make or become fat. They are fattening up a turkey to eat at Christmas. vetmaak يُسَمِّن угоявам engordar vykrmovat; ztloustnout mästen opfede παχαίνωengordar nuumama, rasva minema چاق کردن؛ چاق شدن lihottaa engraisser לְפָטֵם मोटा करना debljati se, toviti (se) (meg)hizlal menggemukkan fita ingrassare 太らせる 살찌우다 penėti uzbaroties; nobarot (lopus, putnus) menggemukkan mestengjø, fete opp, bli fet, legge på seg tuczyć څربول، تيارول، ساتل، چاغول، مزى كول،څربېدل، تيارېدل، چاغېدل...
    often with
35. A beef cattle fattened for sale.
    uncountable, usually
36. containing, or like, fat. This meat is very fatty. vetterig دُهْنـي мазен gordo tučný, tlustý fettig fed; fedtholdig λιπαρόςgraso rasvane پرچربی rasvainen grasשמן मोटा व्यक्ति tust, mastan zsíros berlemak fitugur grasso 脂肪の多い 지방의 riebus tauks; taukains berlemak vetfet; fettholdigtłusty, tłuszczowy غوړين، غوړلرونكى، غوړ، شحمى gordo gras жирный tučný, mastný masten mastan fet, fetthaltig ซึ่งเต็มไปด้วยไขมัน yağlı 油膩的，多脂肪的 відгодований, жирний چربی دار như mỡ; có nhiều mỡ 油腻的，多脂肪的
37. vetterigheid سَمْنَه، إحتواء على الدُّهن мазност gordura tloušťka, tučnost die Fettigkeit fedtholdighed λιπαρότητα grasa rasvasus چربی rasvaisuus graisse שוּמָנִיוּת मोटापा ugojenost, utovljenost zsírosság kegemukan feiti, fita grassezza 脂っこさ 지방질 riebumas resnums; tuklums penuh lemak vettigheidfettholdighet, fedme otłuszczenie څربی gordura grăsime жирность tučnosť, tučnota mastnost masnoća fett, fetma ภาวะที่เต็มไปด้วยไขมัน yağlılık, şişmanlık 脂肪 гладкість فرہبی sự mỡ màng 脂肪

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Examples

“Mammals that hibernate have plenty of fat to keep them warm during the winter.”

“Ask the butcher for a few pounds of fat for our greens.”

“Dietary fat is not the evil that it was once misapprehended to be; carbs are increasingly recognized as a bigger driver of atherosclerosis via chronic insulin resistance and the vascular processes that cascade from it.”

“In fact, the fats that are most stable and least likely to oxidize with heat are the highly saturated fats we've long been told to avoid—lard, tallow, butter, and coconut and palm oils.”

“We need to trim the fat in this company”

“I saw Daniel crack a fat.”

“to live on the fat of the land”

“Prefer military, bodybuilders, jocks. No smokers or fats please.”

“Before riding over to the fats we'll have a look about us.”

“And the floores ſhall bee full of wheate, and the fats ſhall ouerflowe with wine and oyle.”

“In 1431 New College purchases brewing vessels, under the names of a mash fat, for 6s. 10d., a wort fat for 2s., a 'Gilleding' tub for 2s. 6d., and two tunning barrels at 8d. each, a leaden boiler for 24s., another for 12s., and a great copper beer pot for 13s. 4d.”

“I took my revenge on this ‘fat’, by making him as fatuitous as I possibly could.”

“Ursula was amazed and indignant at the way he made small-talk; he was adept as any fat in Christendom.”

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