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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)

  1. (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.
  2. (obsolete) A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.
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A fat cat.

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)

  1. Carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body.
    The fat man had trouble getting through the door.
  2. Thick.
    The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers.
  3. Bountiful.
  4. Variant form of phat.
  5. (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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fat (usually uncountable; plural fats)

  1. (uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy.
  2. (countable) A refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat.
  3. That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
    We need to trim the fat in this company
  4. (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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fat (third-person singular simple present fats, present participle fatting, simple past and past participle fatted)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To make fat; to fatten.
    kill the fatted calf
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fat

  1. luck

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From Latin fātum.

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fat m. (uncountable)

  1. fate

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Latin fatuus

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fat

  1. conceited

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From Old Norse fat.

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fat n. (genitive singular fats, plural föt)

  1. vat
  2. item of clothing

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fat n. (definite singular fatet; indefinite plural fat; definite plural fata/fatene)

  1. plate
  2. vat
  3. barrel

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fat n.

  1. saucer; a small dish
  2. plate (serving dish)
  3. barrel (oil or wine), cask, keg (beer)
  4. barrel; a unit of volume. Usually referring to the oil barrel of 158.9873 liters

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German Vater, English father

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fat (plural fats)

  1. father

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