fat
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From Middle English, from Old English fæt (“vat, vessel, jar, cup, casket, division”), from Proto-Germanic *fatan (“vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *pod- (“vessel”). Cognate with Dutch vat (“barrel, vessel”), German Fass (“barrel, drum”), Swedish fat (“barrel, dish, cask”). See vat.
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fat (plural fats)
- (obsolete) A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.
- 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 429:
- In 1431 New College purchases brewing vessels, under the names of a mash fat, for 6s. 10d., a wort fat for 2s., a 'Gilleding' tub for 2s. 6d., and two tunning barrels at 8d. each, a leaden boiler for 24s., another for 12s., and a great copper beer pot for 13s. 4d.
- 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 429:
- (obsolete) A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.
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vat — see vat
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From Middle English, from Old English fǣtt (“fatted, fat”), from Proto-Germanic *faitidaz (“fatted”), originally the past participle of the verb *faitijanan (“to make fat”), from *faitaz (“fat”), from Proto-Indo-European *poid- (“to abound in water, milk, or fat”), from Proto-Indo-European *poi- (“sap, juice”). Cognate with German feist (“fatted, plump, obese”). Related also to Dutch vet (“fat”), German fett (“fat, corpulent”), Swedish fet (“fat, oily, fatty”), Icelandic feitur (“fat”).
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fat (comparative fatter, superlative fattest)
- Carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body.
- The fat man had trouble getting through the door.
- Thick.
- The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers.
- Bountiful.
- Variant form of phat.
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (sports) A poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (See thin, shank, toe)
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- (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat): chubby, chunky, corpulent, lardy (slang), obese, overweight, plump, porky (slang), rotund, tubby, well-fed; see also Wikisaurus:obese
- (thick): thick
- (bountiful): bountiful, prosperous
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carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body
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thick
bountiful
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fat (usually uncountable; plural fats)
- (uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy.
- (countable) A refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat.
- That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
- We need to trim the fat in this company
- (slang) An erection.
- "I saw Daniel crack a fat."
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- (animal tissue): adipose tissue, lard (in animals; derogatory slang when used of human fat)
- (substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat): grease, lard
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specialized animal tissue
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refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat
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fat (third-person singular simple present fats, present participle fatting, simple past and past participle fatted)
- (transitive, archaic) To make fat; to fatten.
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to make fat; to fatten
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fat
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From Latin fātum.
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fat m. (uncountable)
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Latin fatuus
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fat
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From Old Norse fat.
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fat n. (genitive singular fats, plural föt)
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declension of fat
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fat n. (definite singular fatet; indefinite plural fat; definite plural fata/fatene)
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fat n.
- saucer; a small dish
- plate (serving dish)
- barrel (oil or wine), cask, keg (beer)
- barrel; a unit of volume. Usually referring to the oil barrel of 158.9873 liters
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Declension of fat
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- (saucer): tefat
- (serving dish): serveringsfat, kakfat
- (barrel; container): fatöl
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- ha någons huvud på ett fat - have someone's head on a platter
- det ligger någon i fatet - "it's in someone's plate" - about something that is, or is by others perceived as, an obstacle (physical or mental) to someone
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fat (plural fats)
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declension of fat
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