Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To hit (a golf ball) with a fat shot.

  2. (archaic, transitive)To make fat; to fatten.

    kill the fatted calf

    толсте́тьtolstétʹ

    make fat or plump

  3. (archaic, intransitive)To become fat; to fatten.

Examples

976 sentences
  1. Tom was too fat for Mary.

    Том був затовстий для Мері. — deniko

    ruТом был слишком толстым для Мэри. — odexed

    deTom war Maria zu dick. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Tom isn't as fat as Mary.

    Том не такий товстий, як Мері. — deniko

    ruТом не такой толстый, как Мэри. — sharptoothed

    deTom ist nicht so dick wie Maria. — wolfgangth

  3. I know that Tom is fat.

    Я знаю, що Том гладкий. — deniko

    ruЯ знаю, что Том толстый. — marafon

  4. Tom is too fat for Mary.

    Том для Мері загладкий. — deniko

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

    Том гладкий, а Мері ні. — deniko

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to make fat; to fatten:

Origin

From Middle English fat, fatt, fatte, from the adjective above, and possibly from Old Engl

From Middle English fat, fatt, fatte, from the adjective above, and possibly from Old English fǣt (“fat”, recorded once), from Proto-West Germanic *fait, from Proto-Germanic *faitą, *faitaz (“fat”).

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Forms

fats, fatting, fatted, fatted
Base formfat · to fat
3rd person singularfats
Present participlefatting
Past simplefatted
Past participlefatted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfat
he, she, itfats

Past simpleLesson

all personsfatted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave fatted
he, she, ithas fatted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fat

Synonyms

7 synonyms

Word family

2 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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