fat

Definitions


[fat], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a natural oily substance occurring in animal bodies, especially when deposited as a layer under the skin or around certain organs
(e.g: whales and seals insulate themselves with layers of fat)

- any of a group of natural esters of glycerol and various fatty acids, which are solid at room temperature and are the main constituents of animal and vegetable fat
(e.g: some 40 per cent of our daily calories are derived from dietary fats)


Phrases:
- kill the fatted calf
- live off the fat of the land
- the fat is in the fire

Origin:
Old English fǣtt ‘well fed, plump’, also ‘fatty, oily’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vet and German feist


[fat], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a person or animal) having a large amount of excess flesh
(e.g: the driver was a fat wheezing man)

- large in bulk or circumference
(e.g: a fat cigarette)


Phrases:
- kill the fatted calf
- live off the fat of the land
- the fat is in the fire

Origin:
Old English fǣtt ‘well fed, plump’, also ‘fatty, oily’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vet and German feist


[fat], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make or become fat
(e.g: numbers of black cattle are fatted here)


Phrases:
- kill the fatted calf
- live off the fat of the land
- the fat is in the fire

Origin:
Old English fǣtt ‘well fed, plump’, also ‘fatty, oily’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vet and German feist




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