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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
fat/thin/thick
1 people and animals 2 things see also BIG/SMALL, HEIGHT, SIZE, WEIGHT
1 people and animals ※ fat - having too much flesh: fat, (more polite) overweight a fat person ◎ The doctor thinks I'm a bit overweight. - (used about a part of the body) covered in too much flesh: fat, thick, heavy a fat stomach ◎ thick arms ◎ heavy thighs - rather fat, but looking nice: plump a plump baby - round and rather fat: chubby chubby cheeks - with a lot of loose flesh: flabby flabby arms - rather fat and strong: stout He was slim and athletic as a young man but now is getting rather stout. - to become fatter: get* fat, (more polite) put* on weight I think she's put on a bit of weight during the summer. - to make a person (or an animal) fatter by giving them a lot of food: fatten sb/sth up - food which makes you fat is fattening Are potatoes fattening? ※ thin - not having much flesh on your body: thin - thin in an attractive way: slim, slender - thin and healthy: lean a lean and athletic body - thin in an unattractive way: skinny - tall and thin with long arms and legs: lanky a lanky youth ◎ long, lanky legs - to become thinner: get* thin, lose* weight You seem to have lost some weight - have you been ill? - to try to become thinner, especially by eating less: try to lose weight, slim, diet I can't eat that chocolate pudding - I'm slimming. - the plan that you have in order not to put on weight: diet to be on a diet ◎ a strict diet ◎ 'Would you like some dessert?' 'I won't thanks, I'm on a diet.' - to be careful about what you eat so that you do not get fat: watch your weight, watch your figure
2 things - something which is thick or full is fat, thick; nouns (U): fatness, thickness a fat wallet (= one with a lot of money in it) a thick file (= a file with a lot of papers in it) a thick piece of wood - small in size from one side to the other: thin; noun (U): thinness a thin line ◎ The house had very thin walls - you could hear everything from the next room. - a liquid that is not thick and that flows easily is thin thin soup ◎ a thin sauce - to make a liquid less thick: thin sth (down) You can thin the paint down by adding some water. ※ MORE ... - a disease which makes people become very thin because they do not want to eat: anorexia (noun U); a person who has this disease is (an) anorexic
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