fatness

  • 41fat — fat1 W3S2 [fæt] adj comparative fatter superlative fattest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(flesh)¦ 2¦(object)¦ 3¦(money)¦ 4 fat chance 5 (a) fat lot of good/use 6 fat cat 7 in fat city 8 grow fat on something …

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  • 42fat — [[t]fæ̱t[/t]] ♦♦ fatter, fattest, fats 1) ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you say that a person or animal is fat, you mean that they have a lot of flesh on their body and that they weigh too much. You usually use the word fat when you think that this …

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  • 43adiposis — noun the property of excessive fatness • Syn: ↑corpulence, ↑overweight, ↑stoutness • Derivationally related forms: ↑stout (for: ↑stoutness), ↑overweight ( …

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  • 44corpulency — noun more than average fatness • Syn: ↑fleshiness, ↑obesity • Derivationally related forms: ↑obese (for: ↑obesity), ↑fleshy (for: ↑ …

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  • 45fleshiness — noun more than average fatness • Syn: ↑obesity, ↑corpulency • Derivationally related forms: ↑obese (for: ↑obesity), ↑fleshy • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 46obesity — noun more than average fatness • Syn: ↑fleshiness, ↑corpulency • Derivationally related forms: ↑obese, ↑fleshy (for: ↑fleshiness) • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 47Acaena ovina — Sheep Sheep, n. sing. & pl. [OE. shep, scheep, AS. sc?p, sce[ a]p; akin to OFries. sk?p, LG. & D. schaap, G. schaf, OHG. sc[=a]f, Skr. ch[=a]ga. [root]295. Cf. {Sheepherd}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus… …

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  • 48Adiposeness — Ad i*pose ness, Adiposity Ad i*pos i*ty, n. The state of being fat; fatness. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 49Adiposity — Adiposeness Ad i*pose ness, Adiposity Ad i*pos i*ty, n. The state of being fat; fatness. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 50Anthyllis vulneraria — Kidney Kid ney (k[i^]d n[y^]), n.; pl. {Kidneys} (k[i^]d n[i^]z). [OE. kidnei, kidnere, from Icel. koi[eth]r belly, womb (akin to Goth. gipus, AS. cwi[thorn] womb) + OE. nere kidney; akin to D. nier, G. niere, OHG. nioro, Icel. n[=y]ra, Dan. nyre …

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