fatting Definition

fat
noun

1. Any of a group of organic compounds that occur naturally in animals and plants, are solid at room temperature, and are insoluble in water.
2a. In mammals: a layer of white or yellowish tissue that lies beneath the skin and between various organs, and which serves both as a thermal insulator and as a means of storing energy;
2b. An excess of this.
3. chem.
Any member of a group of naturally occurring substances consisting of the glycerides of higher fatty acids, eg palmitic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid.

adj fatter, fattest

1. Having too much fat on the body; plump; overweight.

Thesaurus: obese, portly, stout, corpulent, fleshy, pot-bellied, beefy, brawny, rotund, plump, husky, porcine, thick, large, plump, big; Antonym: thin, lean, skinny.
2. Containing a lot of fat.
3. Thick or wide.
4. colloq
Said of a fee, profit, etc: large.
5. Fertile; profitable.

Example: a fat land
Thesaurus: fertile, productive, fruitful, rich, prosperous, affluent, flourishing, lucrative, remunerative, thriving, profitable.
6. facetious, slang
None at all.
Example: a fat lot of good
Example: a fat chance

verb

fatted, fatting
1. old use
To fatten something.

Derivative: fatless
adj

Derivative: fatly
adverb

Derivative: fatness
noun

Derivative: fattish
adj

Idiom: The fat's in the fire

Said in expectation of disastrous consequences from something just said or done: that's done it; now there'll be trouble.

Idiom: grow fat on something

To grow wealthy from the profits of something.

Idiom: kill the fatted calf

To prepare a feast for someone's homecoming after a long absence.

Idiom: live off the fat of the land

To live in luxury.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon fætt fatted.