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rich | fat |

As an adjective rich

is as hell, very .

As a noun fat is

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rich

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
  • *, chapter=7
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“A very welcome, kind, useful present, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further. We don't want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. […]”}}
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17, author=(George Monbiot)
  • , volume=188, issue=23, page=19, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Money just makes the rich suffer , passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […]}}
  • Having a fatty, intense flavour.
  • a rich''' dish; '''rich''' cream or soup; '''rich pastry
  • * Baker
  • Sauces and rich spices are fetched from India.
  • Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling.
  • a rich''' treasury; a '''rich''' entertainment; a '''rich crop
  • * Rowe
  • If life be short, it shall be glorious; / Each minute shall be rich in some great action.
  • * Milton
  • The gorgeous East with richest hand / Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-27, volume=408, issue=8846, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Battle of the bulge , passage=For countries with rich culinary traditions that date back to the Aztecs and Incas, Mexico and Peru have developed quite a taste for modern food fashions. Mexicans quaff more fizzy drinks than any other country; Peru has the highest density of fast-food joints in the world.}}
  • Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful.
  • rich''' soil or land; a '''rich mine
  • Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly.
  • a rich''' dress; '''rich''' silk or fur; '''rich presents
  • * Milton
  • rich and various gems
  • Not faint or delicate; vivid.
  • a rich red colour
  • (informal, dated) Very amusing.
  • The scene was a rich one.
    a rich incident or character
    (Thackeray)
  • (informal) Ridiculous, absurd.
  • (computing) Elaborate]], having complex [[format, formatting, multimedia, or depth of interaction.
  • * 2002 , David Austerberry, The Technology of Video and Audio Streaming
  • A skilled multimedia developer will have no problems adding interactive video and audio into existing rich media web pages.
  • * 2003 , Patricia Cardoza, Patricia DiGiacomo, Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
  • Some rich text email messages contain formatting information that's best viewed with Microsoft Word.
  • * 2008 , Aaron Newman, Adam Steinberg, Jeremy Thomas, Enterprise 2.0 Implementation
  • But what did matter was that the new web platform provided a rich experience.
  • Of a fuel-air mixture, having less air than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; less air- or oxygen- rich than necessary for a stoichiometric reaction.
  • Synonyms

    * (wealthy) wealthy, well off, see also

    Antonyms

    * (wealthy) poor; see also * (plentiful) needy * (computing) plain, unformatted, vanilla * (fuel-air mixture) lean

    Derived terms

    * filthy rich * get-rich-quick * hood rich * neutron-rich * nickel-rich * too rich for one's blood * rags to riches * richdom * riches * richly * rich media * richness * rich tea biscuit * rich text * strike it rich * superrich

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To enrich.
  • (Gower)

    fat

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl) . See (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.
  • * Bible, Joel ii. 24
  • The fats shall overflow with wine[, strong drink] and oil.
  • * 1882 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , volume 4, page 429:
  • In 1431 New College purchases brewing vessels, under the names of a mash fat', for 6s. 10d., a wort ' fat for 2s., a 'Gilleding' tub for 2s. 6d., and two tunning barrels at 8d. each, a leaden boiler for 24s., another for 12s., and a great copper beer pot for 13s. 4d.
  • (obsolete) A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.
  • Synonyms
    * vat

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (fatter)
  • 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.
  • Thick.
  • :The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers.
  • *
  • *: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.
  • Bountiful.
  • Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; said of food.
  • (obsolete) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
  • *(Ralph Waldo Emerson) (1803-1882)
  • *:making our western wits fat and mean
  • *(Bible), (w) vi. 10
  • *:Make the heart of this people fat .
  • Fertile; productive.
  • :a fat''' soil;  a '''fat pasture
  • Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
  • :a fat''' benefice;  a '''fat''' office;  a '''fat job
  • *(Thomas Carlyle) (1795-1881)
  • *:now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk
  • Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
  • *(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
  • *:persons grown fat and wealthy by long impostures
  • (dated, printing) 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
  • Synonyms
    * (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat) chubby, chunky, corpulent, lardy (slang), obese, overweight, plump, porky (slang), rotund, tubby, well-fed; see also * (thick) thick * (bountiful) bountiful, prosperous
    Antonyms
    * Of sense (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat) lean, skinny, slender, slim, thin
    Derived terms
    * (l), (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) *

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy.
  • (countable) A refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat.
  • That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
  • We need to trim the fat in this company
  • (slang) An erection.
  • "I saw Daniel crack a fat ."
  • (golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
  • The best or richest productions; the best part.
  • to live on the fat of the land
  • (dated, printing) Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor.
  • Synonyms
    * (animal tissue) adipose tissue, lard (in animals''; ''derogatory slang when used of human fat ) * (substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) grease, lard
    Derived terms
    * * fat camp * fat chance * fatten
    See also
    * ("fat" on Wikipedia)

    Verb

  • (archaic) To make fat; to fatten.
  • kill the fatted calf
  • (archaic) To become fat; to fatten.
  • Anagrams

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