Fat Meaning
/ˈfæt/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjCarrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
adjThick; large.
Sentence Examples
If you eat too much, you'll become fat.
The bear left no stone unturned in his search for fat bugs under the rocks.
Excess food is stored as fat.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The dietitian warned that consuming too much ____ can clog your arteries.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
You should avoid eating too many high-____ foods if you want to maintain a healthy weight.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English fat, from Old English fǣtt (“fatted, fat”), from Proto-West Germanic *faitid (“fatted”), originally the past participle of the verb *faitijan (“to make fat”), from *fait (“fat”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[…] Ruth‐ellen Stark and Elizabeth Ryan are about ten times fatter, but even they can't compare to Bruce…”"
— 1976 September 29, Richard Flaste, “Viewing Childhood As it Is”, in The New York Times:
"And there he stood, as uncouth as ever, naked as the day he was born, but fatter and chinnier and even more self-satisfied […]"
— 1994, Craig Brown, The hounding of John Thomas:
"Because, really, who would like the fat girl? Sebastian said I was crazy for thinking that."
— 2014, Isabel Quintero, Gabi, a Girl in Pieces, Cinco Puntos Press, →ISBN, page 46:
"The thickest salmon, the curdiest trout, the fattest partridge, and the most tender woodcock smoked on his board, and, rumor said, cooked with a delicacy that more pretentious houses could not rival."
— 1861, Charles James Lever, A Day's Ride:
"So this was my future home, I thought! […] Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams."
— 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The dietitian warned that consuming too much ____ can clog your arteries.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
You should avoid eating too many high-____ foods if you want to maintain a healthy weight.