Noun
- 1. fat, lipid, lipide, lipoid
- usage: a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides); "pizza has too much fat"
- 2. adipose tissue, fat, fatty tissue, animal tissue
- usage: a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs; "fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold"
- 3. fatness, fat, blubber, avoirdupois, bodily property
- usage: excess bodily weight; "she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others"
Verb
- 1. fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up, change, alter, modify
- usage: make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"
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