fat \fat\, a. compar. fatter; superl. fattest. as.
   f=aett; akin to d. vet, g. fett, feist, icel. feitr, sw.
   fet, dan. fed, and perh. to gr. pi^dax spring, fountain,
   pidy`ein to gush forth, pi`wn fat, skr. pi to swell.
   1. abounding with fat; as:
      a fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent;
          not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox.
      b oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food.
          1913 webster

   2. exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy;
      gross; dull; stupid.
      1913 webster

            making our western wits fat and mean. --emerson.
      1913 webster

            make the heart of this people fat.    --is. vi. 10.
      1913 webster

   3. fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.
      1913 webster

   4. rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat
      benefice; a fat office; a fat job.
      1913 webster

            now parson of troston, a fat living in suffolk.
                                                  --carlyle.
      1913 webster

   5. abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate. obs.
      1913 webster

            persons grown fat and wealthy by long impostures.
                                                  --swift.
      1913 webster

   6. typog. of a character which enables the compositor to
      make large wages; -- said of matter containing blank,
      cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page.
      1913 webster

   fat lute, a mixture of pipe clay and oil for filling
      joints.
      1913 webster
see also:
fatter fattest fat lute 

fat
     adj 1: having much flesh especially fat; "he hadn't remembered
            how fat she was" ant: thin
     2: having a relatively large diameter; "a fat rope"
     3: containing or composed of fat; "fatty food"; "fat tissue"
        syn: fatty ant: nonfat
     4: lucrative; "a juicy contract"; "a nice fat job" syn: juicy
     5: marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat
        land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil" syn: fertile,
         productive, rich
     6: a chubby body; "the boy had a rounded face and fat cheeks"
        syn: rounded
     n 1: a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and
          consisting of a mixture of lipids mostly
          triglycerides; "pizza has too much fat"
     2: a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a
        source of energy; adipose tissue also cushions and
        insulates vital organs; "fatty tissue protected them from
        the severe cold" syn: adipose tissue, fatty tissue
     3: excess bodily weight; "she found fatness disgusting in
        herself as well as in others" syn: fatness, blubber,
        avoirdupois ant: leanness
     v : make fat or plump; "we will plump out that poor starving
         child" syn: fatten, flesh out, fill out, plump,
         plump out, fatten out, fatten up
     also: fatting, fatted, fattest, fatter
see also:
thin fatty nonfat juicy fertile productive 
rich rounded adipose tissue fatty tissue fatness 
blubber avoirdupois leanness fatten flesh out 
fill out plump plump out fatten out fatten up 
fatting fatted fattest fatter 

fattest
     see fat
see also:
fat