a natural oily substance occurring in animal bodies, especially when deposited as a layer under the skin or around certain organs

whales and seals insulate themselves with layers of fat

any of a group of natural esters of glycerol and various fatty acids, which are solid at room temperature and are the main constituents of animal and vegetable fat

some 40 per cent of our daily calories are derived from dietary fats

(of a person or animal) having a large amount of excess flesh

the driver was a fat wheezing man

large in bulk or circumference

a fat cigarette

make or become fat

numbers of black cattle are fatted here

the hogs have been fatting