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Noun fat has 3 senses

fat - a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides); "pizza has too much fat"
--₁ is a kind of lipid, lipide, lipoid
--₁ is a substance of fat cell, adipose cell
--₁ has parts: glyceride, acylglycerol
--₁ has substance: triglyceride
--₁ has particulars:
edible fat; animal fat; cocoa butter; leaf fat, leaf lard; myelin, myeline, medulla; polyunsaturated fat
adipose tissue, fat, fatty tissue - a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; adipose tissue also cushions and insulates vital organs; "fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold"
--₂ is a kind of animal tissue
--₂ has particulars:
flab; atheroma; cellulite; puppy fat; mons, mons veneris, mons pubis; belly, paunch; spare tire, love handle

Derived form: verb fat₁
fatness, fat, blubber, avoirdupois - excess bodily weight; "she found fatness disgusting in herself as well as in others"
--₃ is a kind of bodily property
--₃ has particulars:
adiposity, adiposeness, fattiness; abdominousness, paunchiness; greasiness, oiliness, oleaginousness; fleshiness, obesity

Derived form: verb fat₁

Verb fat has 1 sense

fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up - make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"
--₁ is one way to change, alter, modify

Derived forms: noun fat₂, noun fat₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody