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- English Word Fat Definition Abounding with fat
- English Word Fat Definition Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox.
- English Word Fat Definition Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food.
- English Word Fat Definition Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
- English Word Fat Definition Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.
- English Word Fat Definition Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job.
- English Word Fat Definition Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
- English Word Fat Definition 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.
- English Word Fat Definition An oily liquid or greasy substance making up the main bulk of the adipose tissue of animals, and widely distributed in the seeds of plants. See Adipose tissue, under Adipose.
- English Word Fat Definition The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land.
- English Word Fat Definition Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor.
- English Word Fat Definition To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep.
- English Word Fat Definition To grow fat, plump, and fleshy.
- English Word Fat-brained Definition Dull of apprehension.
- English Word Fat-kidneyed Definition Gross; lubberly.
- English Word Fat-wited Definition Dull; stupid.
- English Word Fata Morgana Definition A kind of mirage by which distant objects appear inverted, distorted, displaced, or multiplied. It is noticed particularly at the Straits of Messina, between Calabria and Sicily.
- English Word Fatal Definition Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable.
- English Word Fatal Definition Foreboding death or great disaster.
- English Word Fatal Definition Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error.