Meaning

15 senses
  1. (derogatory, sometimes)Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.

    The fat man had problems going through the door.

    The fattest pig should yield the most meat.

    dick, fett

    то́лстыйtólstyj, по́лныйpólnyj, ту́чныйtúčnyj

    товсти́йtovstýj, жи́рнийžýrnyj, дебе́лийdebélyj

  2. Thick; large.

    The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers.

    dick, fett

    то́лстыйtólstyj

    товсти́йtovstýj

    having a relatively large diameter

  3. Bulbous; rotund.

  4. Bountiful.

    оби́льныйobílʹnyj, дохо́дныйdoxódnyj

  5. Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich (said of food).

  6. Fertile; productive.

    a fat soil; a fat pasture

  7. Rich; producing a large income; desirable.

    It's a fat contract for a fat part in the film, so he’ll grown fat on the profits.

    a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job

  8. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.

    , "Why Christ's Doctrine was Rejected" persons grown fat and wealthy by a long and successful imposture

  9. (dated)Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.

    a fat take; a fat page

  10. Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.

  11. Of a role: significant; major; meaty.

  12. (slang)Being greatly or substantially such; real.

    1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure I'd've liked to hang around but the guys were in a fat hurry.

Examples

976 sentences
  1. Tom was too fat for Mary.

    Том був затовстий для Мері.

    ruТом был слишком толстым для Мэри.

    deTom war Maria zu dick.

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  2. Tom isn't as fat as Mary.

    Том не такий товстий, як Мері.

    ruТом не такой толстый, как Мэри.

    deTom ist nicht so dick wie Maria.

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  3. I know that Tom is fat.

    Я знаю, що Том гладкий.

    ruЯ знаю, что Том толстый.

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  4. Tom is too fat for Mary.

    Том для Мері загладкий.

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  5. Tom is fat, but Mary isn't.

    Том гладкий, а Мері ні.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body:
Русский
By meaning 2
carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body:
bountiful:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body:

Origin

From Middle English fat, from Old English fǣtt (“fatted, fat”), from Proto-West Germanic *

From Middle English fat, from Old English fǣtt (“fatted, fat”), from Proto-West Germanic *faitid (“fatted”), originally the past participle of the verb *faitijan (“to make fat”), from *fait (“fat”).

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Forms

fatter, fattest
Comparativefatter Lesson
Superlativefattest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

19 synonyms
thick:thickA1
carrying a larger than normal amount of fat:chubby
Close in meaning

Antonyms

5 antonyms

Word family

93 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • as fat as
  • get fat
  • is too fat
  • was very fat
  • be so fat
  • a big fat
  • isn't as fat
  • too fat to
  • is quite fat
  • is fatter than
  • be much fatter
  • is fat and

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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