Englishئاساسىي لۇغەت
fat
Universal Words
adjective, noun
adjective (fatter, fattest)
1 (of a person's or an animal's body) having too much flesh on it and weighing too much:
a big fat man / woman * You'll get fat if you eat so much chocolate. * He grew fatter and fatter. * fat flabby legs
2 thick or wide:
a fat volume on American history
3 [onlybeforenoun] (informal) large in quantity; worth a lot of money:
a fat sum / profit * He gave me a nice fat cheque.
fatness noun [U]:
Fatness tends to run in families.
IDIOMS
(a) fat chance (of sth / doing sth) (spoken) used for saying that you do not believe sth is likely to happen:
'They might let us in without tickets.' 'Fat chance of that!'
a fat lot of good, use, etc. (spoken) not at all good or useful:
Paul can't drive so he was a fat lot of use when I broke my arm.
noun
1 [U] a white or yellow substance in the bodies of animals and humans, stored under the skin:
excess body fat * This ham has too much fat on it.
2 [C,U] a solid or liquid substance from animals or plants, treated so that it becomes pure for use in cooking:
Cook the meat in shallow fat.
3 [C,U] animal and vegetable fats, when you are thinking of them as part of what a person eats:
You should cut down on fats and carbohydrates. * foods which are low in fat * fat free yoghurts * reduced fat margarines
IDIOMS see CHEWv., LIVE
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VOCABULARYBUILDING
saying that someone is fat
Fat is the most common and direct word, but it is not polite to say to someone that they are fat:Does this dress make me look fat? * _Y_o_u_'_r_e_ _l_o_o_k_i_n_g_ _f_a_t_ _n_o_w.
Overweight is a more neutral word: I'm a bit overweight. It can also mean too fat, especially so that you are not fit.
Large or heavy is less offensive than fat: She's a rather large woman. Big describes someone who is tall as well as fat: Her sister is a big girl, isn't she?
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 flesh that is fat and loose and it can sound offensive: 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'.
Note that although people talk a lot about their own size or weight, it is generally not considered polite to refer to a person's large size or their weight when you talk to them.
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WORDFAMILY
fat adj.
fatty adj.
fatten v.
fattening adj.
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