The meaning of Fat

adjective

Of considerable size or extent.

Usage examples:

Her big hazel eyes

verb

Praise or recommend something highly.

Usage examples:

The record's been on the streets a while now, but it's still worth bigging up

noun

The major league in a professional sport.

Usage examples:

The day he made it to the bigs, he forgot every minor league ballpark he ever played in

noun

The fat of sea mammals, especially whales and seals.

Usage examples:

Fish oil supplements are derived from a variety of sources, including mackerel, herring, tuna, salm…

adjective

(of a person's lips) swollen or protruding.

Usage examples:

Yet the movement of his blubber lips, closely pressed together, showed clearly that he could not un…

verb

Cry noisily and uncontrollably; sob.

Usage examples:

He was blubbering like a child

adjective

(of a woman) plump, with a full figure and large breasts.

Usage examples:

A buxom blonde

adjective

Plump and rounded.

Usage examples:

A pretty child with chubby cheeks

adjective

(esp. of children) rounded in a pleasant and attractive way

Usage examples:

The perfect baby has, we are told, chubby little fingers and toes, chubby legs, and chubby cheeks.

adjective

Bulky and thick.

Usage examples:

A chunky bracelet

adjective

Made of thick or lumpy pieces

Usage examples:

She wears chunky earrings and rings and a baggy sweater., i love chunky peanut butter!, she’s a chu…

adjective

(of a person) short and stout.

Usage examples:

The dress made her look dumpy

adjective

(of a place) dirty and run-down.

Usage examples:

A dumpy one-room apartment

adjective

Short and fat

Usage examples:

Does this dress make me look dumpy?

adjective

Made larger; enlarged.

Usage examples:

An extended kitchen and new balcony

verb

Cause to cover a wider area; make larger.

Usage examples:

The car park has been extended

adjective

Long or longer than usual

Usage examples:

There will be extended election day coverage on the evening news., they’re taking an extended vacat…

adjective

Relating to or resembling shakespeare's character sir john falstaff in being fat, jolly, and debauched.

Usage examples:

A falstaffian gusto for life

adjective

(of a part of a person's body) soft, loose, and fleshy.

Usage examples:

This exercise helps to flatten a flabby stomach

adjective

Soft and fat

Usage examples:

Flabby arms/thighs, i was starting to get a bit flabby around my waist., a flabby argument

adjective

Of great weight; difficult to lift or move.

Usage examples:

A heavy and bulky load

noun

A thing, such as a vehicle, that is large or heavy of its kind.

Usage examples:

Meanwhile, he is leading the charge at airport to beef up the runway and expand support facilities …

adverb

Heavily.

Usage examples:

Heavy-laden

adjective

Of considerable or relatively great size, extent, or capacity.

Usage examples:

Add a large clove of garlic

verb

Enjoy oneself in a lively way with drink or drugs and music.

Usage examples:

He's known in clubland for his capacity for larging it

adverb

Another term for free (sense 2 of the adverb).

adjective

Measuring a great distance from end to end.

Usage examples:

A long corridor

adverb

(of a vowel) categorized as long with regard to quality and length (e.g. in standard british english the vowel /uː/ in food is long as distinct from the short vowel /ʊ/ in good ).

verb

Have a strong wish or desire.

Usage examples:

She longed for a little more excitement

adjective

Full of or resembling meat.

Usage examples:

A meaty flavour

adjective

Containing a lot of meat

Usage examples:

A meaty meal

adjective

Grossly fat or overweight.

Usage examples:

A hugely obese young man

adjective

Extremely fat

Usage examples:

Obesity and lack of exercise are bad for the heart.

adjective

Above a weight considered normal or desirable.

Usage examples:

She was a stone overweight

noun

Excessive or extra weight.

Usage examples:

Surgical procedures for overweight

verb

Put too much weight on; overload.

Usage examples:

Try not to overweight the boxes

adjective

Having a large or protruding belly.

Usage examples:

A slightly paunchy, balding, middle-aged man

adjective

(especially of a man) having a fat stomach

Usage examples:

He is tall and a bit paunchy., she encourages even slightly paunchy patients to lose weight.

adjective

Having a full rounded shape.

Usage examples:

The berries were plump and sweet

verb

Shake or pat (a cushion or pillow) to adjust its stuffing and make it rounded and soft.

Usage examples:

She plumped up her pillows

noun

An abrupt plunge; a heavy fall.

Usage examples:

The wagon came into a deep hole, with such a plump

adjective

Having a stout body; somewhat fat (used especially of a man).

Usage examples:

A portly little man with a bowler hat

Fairly fat

adjective

Slightly fat

Usage examples:

A tall portly man

adjective

(of a person) large and plump.

Usage examples:

Her brother was slim where she was rotund

adjective

Rounded or fat

Usage examples:

A rotund piglet/man

adjective

Firm and stable in shape; not liquid or fluid.

Usage examples:

The stream was frozen solid

noun

A substance or object that is solid rather than liquid or fluid.

Usage examples:

I was reminded of high school physics where we learned that solids conduct sound better than both l…

adjective

Having a fixed shape that cannot be changed easily

Usage examples:

After flying all night, he was glad to be on solid ground., solid rock, a solid oak table, solid go…

adjective

(of a person) rather fat or of heavy build.

Usage examples:

Stout middle-aged men

noun

A kind of strong, dark beer brewed with roasted malt or barley.

Usage examples:

There is a tradition in england of drinking stout while eating oysters

adjective

(of people) fat and solid-looking, esp. around the waist, or (of things) thick and strong

Usage examples:

He was seen as a pleasant man – short, a bit stout and balding, with a radiant smile., there is muc…

adjective

Of considerable importance, size, or worth.

Usage examples:

A substantial amount of cash

adjective

Large in size, value, or importance

Usage examples:

He took a substantial amount of money., they do a substantial portion of their business by phone.

adjective

Large in size, value, or importance

Usage examples:

Substantial benefits/costs/investment, a substantial amount/number/portion of sth banks make a subs…

adjective

With opposite sides or surfaces that are far or relatively far apart.

Usage examples:

Thick slices of bread

noun

The most active or crowded part of something.

Usage examples:

We were in the thick of the battle

adverb

In or with deep, dense, or heavy mass.

Usage examples:

Bread spread thick with butter