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Fat vs. Fay — What's the Difference?

Fat vs. Fay — What's the Difference?

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Fat

In nutrition, biology, and chemistry, fat usually means any ester of fatty acids, or a mixture of such compounds, most commonly those that occur in living beings or in food.The term often refers specifically to triglycerides (triple esters of glycerol), that are the main components of vegetable oils and of fatty tissue in animals; or, even more narrowly, to triglycerides that are solid or semisolid at room temperature, thus excluding oils. The term may also be used more broadly as a synonym of lipid—any substance of biological relevance, composed of carbon, hydrogen, or oxygen, that is insoluble in water but soluble in non-polar solvents.

Fay

To join or fit closely or tightly.

Fat

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

Fay

A fairy or an elf.

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
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Fay

Faith
"Sirrah, by my fay, it waxes late" (Shakespeare).

Fat

(of a person or animal) having a large amount of excess flesh
The driver was a fat wheezing man

Fay

A fairy.

Fat

Large in bulk or circumference
A fat cigarette

Fay

A white person.

Fat

Make or become fat
The hogs have been fatting
Numbers of black cattle are fatted here

Fay

Fairy like.

Fat

The ester of glycerol and one, two, or three fatty acids.

Fay

Fitted closely together.

Fat

Any of various soft, solid, or semisolid organic compounds constituting the esters of glycerol and fatty acids and their associated organic groups.

Fay

White; white-skinned.

Fat

A mixture of such compounds occurring widely in organic tissue, especially in the adipose tissue of animals and in the seeds, nuts, and fruits of plants.

Fay

(obsolete) To fit.

Fat

Animal tissue containing such substances.

Fay

To join (pieces of timber) tightly.

Fat

A solidified animal or vegetable oil.

Fay

Of pieces of timber: to lie close together.

Fat

Obesity; corpulence
Health risks associated with fat.

Fay

(obsolete) To fadge.

Fat

Unnecessary excess
"would drain the appropriation's fat without cutting into education's muscle" (New York Times).

Fay

(dialectal) To cleanse; clean out.

Fat

Having much or too much fat or flesh; plump or obese.

Fay

A fairy; an elf.

Fat

Full of fat or oil; greasy.

Fay

Faith; as, by my fay.

Fat

Abounding in desirable elements
A paycheck fat with bonus money.

Fay

To fit; to join; to unite closely, as two pieces of wood, so as to make the surface fit together.

Fat

Fertile or productive; rich
"It was a fine, green, fat landscape" (Robert Louis Stevenson).

Fay

To lie close together; to fit; to fadge; - often with in, into, with, or together.

Fat

Having an abundance or amplitude; well-stocked
A fat larder.

Fat

Yielding profit or plenty; lucrative or rewarding
A fat promotion.

Fat

Prosperous; wealthy
Grew fat on illegal profits.

Fat

Thick; large
A fat book.

Fat

Puffed up; swollen
A fat lip.

Fat

To make or become fat; fatten.

Fat

Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
The fat man had trouble getting through the door.
The fattest pig should yield the most meat.

Fat

Thick; large.
The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers.

Fat

Bulbous; rotund.

Fat

Bountiful.

Fat

Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich said of food.

Fat

(obsolete) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.

Fat

Fertile; productive.
A fat soil; a fat pasture

Fat

Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
A fat benefice; a fat office;
A fat job

Fat

Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.

Fat

Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.
A fat take; a fat page

Fat

(golf) Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.

Fat

(theatre) Of a role: significant; major; meaty.

Fat

Alternative form of phat

Fat

(uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.
Mammals that hibernate have plenty of fat to keep them warm during the winter.

Fat

Such tissue as food: the fatty portion of (or trimmings from) meat cuts.
Ask the butcher for a few pounds of fat for our greens.

Fat

(countable) A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.
Dietary fat is not the evil that it was once misapprehended to be; carbs are increasingly recognized as a bigger driver of atherosclerosis via chronic insulin resistance and the vascular processes that cascade from it.

Fat

That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
We need to trim the fat in this company

Fat

(slang) An erection.
I saw Daniel crack a fat.

Fat

(golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)

Fat

The best or richest productions; the best part.
To live on the fat of the land

Fat

Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor.

Fat

A fat person.

Fat

A beef cattle fattened for sale.

Fat

(obsolete) A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.

Fat

(obsolete) A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.

Fat

To make fat; to fatten.
Kill the fatted calf

Fat

To become fat; to fatten.

Fat

To hit a golf ball with a fat shot.

Fat

A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.
The fats shall overflow with wine and oil.

Fat

A measure of quantity, differing for different commodities.

Fat

An oily liquid or greasy substance making up the main bulk of the adipose tissue of animals, and widely distributed in the seeds of plants. See Adipose tissue, under Adipose.

Fat

The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land.

Fat

Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor.

Fat

Abounding with fat

Fat

Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
Making our western wits fat and mean.
Make the heart of this people fat.

Fat

Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.

Fat

Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job.
Now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk.

Fat

Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
Persons grown fat and wealthy by long impostures.

Fat

Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; - said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page.

Fat

To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep.
We fat all creatures else to fat us.

Fat

To grow fat, plump, and fleshy.
An old ox fats as well, and is as good, as a young one.

Fat

A soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides);
Pizza has too much fat

Fat

A kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; adipose tissue also cushions and insulates vital organs;
Fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold

Fat

Excess bodily weight;
She found fatness disgusting in herself as well as in others

Fat

Make fat or plump;
We will plump out that poor starving child

Fat

Having much flesh (especially fat);
He hadn't remembered how fat she was

Fat

Having a relatively large diameter;
A fat rope

Fat

Containing or composed of fat;
Fatty food
Fat tissue

Fat

Lucrative;
A juicy contract
A nice fat job

Fat

Marked by great fruitfulness;
Fertile farmland
A fat land
A productive vineyard
Rich soil

Fat

A chubby body;
The boy had a rounded face and fat cheeks

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