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English

Pronunciation

  • AHD: făt
  • IPA: /fæt/
  • SAMPA: /f{t/

Noun

fat

  1. Specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy
  2. A refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat
  3. That part of an organization deemed wasteful
    We need to trim the fat in this company

Synonyms

Translations

  • Bulgarian: мазнина f
  • Czech: tuk m
  • Danish: fedt n
  • Dutch: vet n
  • French: graisse f
  • Russian: (žir) m
  • Slovak: tuk m
  • Spanish: grasa f

Adjective

fat (fatter, fattest)

  1. Heavier than normal
  2. Thick
  3. Bountiful
    seven fat years followed by seven lean years
  4. (music) Rich in texture, prominent (cf. phat)
    The song has a fat bass line

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Transitive Verb

to fat

  1. (archaic) To make fat; fatten
    Kill the fatted calf

Related terms

  • fatten

Translations

  • Danish: opfede



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