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

{{U|thick}}; large.

{{U|bulbous}}; rotund.

{{U|bountiful}}.

Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich {{q|said of food}}.

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

{{U|fertile}}; productive.

Rich; producing a large income; desirable.

Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.

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

(golf) Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.

(theatre) Of a role: significant; major; meaty.

(slang) Being greatly or substantially such; real.

(computing) Carrying additional data or functionality.

(phat)

(adipose tissue, in situ) A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.

(adipose tissue, as food) Such tissue as food: the fatty portion of (or trimmings from) meat cuts.

(lipid that is solid at room temperature) A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.

That part of an organization deemed wasteful.

(slang) An erection.

(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.

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

(derogatory) A fat person.

A beef cattle fattened for sale.

(archaic) To make fat; to fatten.

(archaic) To become fat; to fatten.

(golf) To hit {{gloss|a golf ball}} with a fat shot.

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

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