Meaning of "fat"

fat •

n.
• • 1. a white or yellow oily substance formed in the body of animals: taba
  • 2. lard: mantika

adj.
• • 1. having much flesh: mataba
  • 2. having much fat: mamantika, mataba

v.
• • 1. to gain weight, to fatten: magpataba, patabain
  • 2. to become fat: tumaba, maging mataba

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fry

v.
• • to cook in fat: magprito, pirituhin

n.
• • 1. something fried: prito, pinirito
  • 2. young fish: anak ng isda, kawagkawag, similya

soap

n.
• • a substance used for washing, made of a fat and caustic soda or potash: sabon

v.
• • to rub with soap: magsabon, sabunin, masabon

tallow

n.
• • hard fat: sebo, taba

fried

adj.
• • cooked in hot fat: prito, pinirito

lean

adj.
• • 1. thin: payat
  • 2. having little fat: di-mataba, payat, walang taba
  • 3. thin, slender: balingkinitan
  • 4. producing little: mahina, salat

v.
• • 1. to bend, not upright: humapay, kumiling, humilig
  • 2. to rest sloping or slanting, set or put in a leaning position: humilig, ihilig, sumandal, isandal
  • 3. to follow or depend on: sumunod, umasa, manangan, manghawak
  • 4. to trust: magtiwala, pagtiwalaan

stout

adj.
• • 1. fat and large: mataba
  • 2. firm, strong, strongly built: matibay, matatag
  • 3. brave, bold: matapang, mapusok

fleshy

adj.
• • 1. having much flesh, meaty: malaman
  • 2. fat: mataba

sebo

Sp n.
• • tallow, fat

taba

adj.
• • stout, fat

v.
• • tumaba' (-um-) to become stout

aligi

n.
• • fat of crabs, shrimps