fat
adjective/fæt/
(comparative fatter, superlative fattest)
Word Family
- fat adjective
- fatty adjective
- fatten verb
- fattening adjective
Слово англійською: fat
Переклад fat українською: товсти́й, гладки́й (вгодо́ваний і т. д.), жи́рний, са́ло, жир, знежи́рений, незби́ране молоко́, жи́рний, шпик
Детальний опис
- (of a person’s or an animal’s body) having too much flesh on it and weighing too much
- a fat dog
- You'll get fat if you eat so much chocolate.
- He grew fatter and fatter.
- Do these jeans make me look fat?
Vocabulary Building Saying that somebody is fatSaying that somebody is fatopposite thin- Fat is the most common and direct word, but it is not polite to say to somebody that they are fat:
- Does this dress make me look fat?
- You’re looking fat now.
- Overweight is a more neutral word:
- I’m a bit overweight.
- Large or heavy is less offensive than fat:
- She’s a rather large woman.
- He's a big guy, isn't he?
- Plump means slightly fat in an attractive way, often used to describe women.
- Chubby is used mainly to describe babies and children who are fat in a pleasant, healthy-looking way:
- the baby’s chubby cheeks
- Tubby (informal) is used in a friendly way to describe people who are short and round, especially around the stomach.
- Stocky is a neutral word and means fairly short, broad and strong.
- Stout is often used to describe older people who have a round and heavy appearance:
- a short stout man with a bald head
- Flabby describes body parts that are fat and loose:
- exercises to firm up flabby thighs
- Obese is used by doctors to describe people who are so fat that they are unhealthy. It is also used in a general way to mean ‘really fat’.
- (of meat) containing a lot of fat
- fat bacon/sausages
- thick or wide
- a fat volume on American history
- a big fat envelope stuffed with banknotes
- [only before noun] (informal) large in quantity; worth a lot of money
- a fat sum/profit
- He gave me a nice fat cheque.
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Word OriginOld English fǣtt ‘well fed, plump’, also ‘fatty, oily’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vet and German feist.
Idioms
(a) fat chance (of something/doing something)
- (informal) used for saying that you do not believe something is likely to happen
- ‘They might let us in without tickets.’ ‘Fat chance of that!’
- Fat chance of him helping you!
a fat lot of good, use, etc.
- (informal) not at all good or useful
- Paul can't drive so he was a fat lot of use when I broke my arm.
it’s not over until the fat lady sings
- (saying) used for saying that a situation may still change, for example that a contest, election, etc. is not finished yet, and somebody still has a chance to win it