Fat | Mean of fat in English Dictionary

/ˈfæt/

• having a lot of extra flesh on your body
1. The dog is getting fat because you feed him too much.
2. a cute, fat baby
3. I can't believe I've let myself get so fat.
4. a movie that has a lot of fat jokes [=jokes about fat people]
5. She called him a big, fat slob.
6. She's gotten really fat. [=(more politely) big, heavy]
• having a full, rounded form
1. a fat belly
2. a fat, juicy peach
3. He threatened to give me a fat lip. [=he threatened to punch me]
• unusually wide or thick
1. a fat book of poems
2. a fat envelope
3. a truck with fat tires

• containing, providing, or costing a large amount of money
1. a fat bank account
2. He signed a fat contract.
3. The company offered her a fat salary.
4. a fat check [=a check for a large amount of money]
5. He had to pay a fat [=big] fine.
• successful or wealthy
1. The company grew fat on profits during the war.
• easy to hit
1. a fat pitch right down the middle of the plate
• Noun
• the soft flesh on the bodies of people and animals that helps keep the body warm and is used to store energy
1. people with excess body fat
2. a diet and exercise program to help you gain muscle and lose fat
3. exercises that burn fat = fat-burning exercises [=exercises that make your body use the fat it has stored]
• an oily solid or liquid substance in food
1. Nuts contain a lot of fat.
2. milk/bacon fat
3. Trim the fat from the meat before you cook it.
4. foods that are high in fat = foods with a high fat content
5. reducing dietary fat
6. a diet low in fat [=a low-fat diet]
7. a diet low in fats
8. saturated fats
9. fats like butter and olive oil
• an amount that is more than what is usual or needed
1. trim the fat off/from the budget