Fat vs. Heavyset

Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.

Example: ‘The fat man had trouble getting through the door.’; ‘The fattest pig should yield the most meat.’;

Thick.

Example: ‘The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers.’;

Bountiful.

Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; said of food.

(obsolete) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.

Fertile; productive.

Example: ‘a fat soil;’; ‘a fat pasture’;

Rich; producing a large income; desirable.

Example: ‘a fat benefice;’; ‘a fat office;’; ‘a fat job’;

Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.

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

Example: ‘a fat take;’; ‘a fat page’;

alternative form of phat

(uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy.

(countable) A refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat.

That part of an organization deemed wasteful.

Example: ‘We need to trim the fat in this company’;

(slang) An erection.

Example: ‘I saw Daniel crack a fat.’;

(golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)

The best or richest productions; the best part.

Example: ‘to live on the fat of the land’;

Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor.

(obsolete) A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.

(obsolete) A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.

To make fat; to fatten.

Example: ‘kill the fatted calf’;

To become fat; to fatten.

A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.

Example: ‘The fats shall overflow with wine and oil.’;

A measure of quantity, differing for different commodities.

An oily liquid or greasy substance making up the main bulk of the adipose tissue of animals, and widely distributed in the seeds of plants. See Adipose tissue, under Adipose.

The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land.

Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor.

Abounding with fat

Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.

Example: ‘Making our western wits fat and mean.’; ‘Make the heart of this people fat.’;

Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.

Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job.

Example: ‘Now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk.’;

Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.

Example: ‘Persons grown fat and wealthy by long impostures.’;

Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; - said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page.

To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep.

Example: ‘We fat all creatures else to fat us.’;

To grow fat, plump, and fleshy.

Example: ‘An old ox fats as well, and is as good, as a young one.’;

a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides);

Example: ‘pizza has too much fat’;

a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; adipose tissue also cushions and insulates vital organs;

Example: ‘fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold’;

excess bodily weight;

Example: ‘she found fatness disgusting in herself as well as in others’;

make fat or plump;

Example: ‘We will plump out that poor starving child’;

having much flesh (especially fat);

Example: ‘he hadn't remembered how fat she was’;

having a relatively large diameter;

Example: ‘a fat rope’;

containing or composed of fat;

Example: ‘fatty food’; ‘fat tissue’;

lucrative;

Example: ‘a juicy contract’; ‘a nice fat job’;

marked by great fruitfulness;

Example: ‘fertile farmland’; ‘a fat land’; ‘a productive vineyard’; ‘rich soil’;

a chubby body;

Example: ‘the boy had a rounded face and fat cheeks’;

a natural oily substance occurring in animal bodies, especially when deposited as a layer under the skin or around certain organs

Example: ‘whales and seals insulate themselves with layers of fat’;

a fatty substance made from animal or plant products, used in cooking

Example: ‘a diet high in animal fats’; ‘sizzling fat’;

the presence of excess fat in a person or animal

Example: ‘he was a tall man, running to 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

Example: ‘some 40 per cent of our daily calories are derived from dietary fats’;

(of a person or animal) having a large amount of excess flesh

Example: ‘the driver was a fat wheezing man’;

(of an animal bred for food) made plump for slaughter.

containing much fat

Example: ‘fat bacon’;

(of coal) containing a high proportion of volatile oils.

large in bulk or circumference

Example: ‘a fat cigarette’;

(especially in the context of financial reward) substantial

Example: ‘a fat profit’; ‘a fat cheque’;

used ironically to express the belief that something is unlikely or does not exist

Example: ‘fat chance she had of influencing Guy's decisions’;

make or become fat

Example: ‘the hogs have been fatting’; ‘numbers of black cattle are fatted here’;

In nutrition, biology, and chemistry, fat usually means any ester of fatty acids, or a mixture of such compounds, most commonly those that occur in living beings or in food.The term often refers specifically to triglycerides (triple esters of glycerol), that are the main components of vegetable oils and of fatty tissue in animals; or, even more narrowly, to triglycerides that are solid or semisolid at room temperature, thus excluding oils. The term may also be used more broadly as a synonym of lipid—any substance of biological relevance, composed of carbon, hydrogen, or oxygen, that is insoluble in water but soluble in non-polar solvents.

(of a person) Having a large, solid, imposing bodily appearance; overweight.

obese.

heavy and compact in form or build or stature.

heavy and compact in form or stature;

Example: ‘a wrestler of compact build’; ‘he was tall and heavyset’; ‘stocky legs’; ‘a thick middle-aged man’; ‘a thickset young man’;