chubby - chubbier - chubbiest
large /la:rd3; [adj] use this as a polite way of saying that someone is fat: fashionable clothes for the larger woman I / was squashed between two rather large men for most of the journey. large - larger - largest
FAT
obese /'ao'biis/' [adj] much too fat. in a way that is dangerous to your health: 30% of the women on the island are obese, obesity [n U] the medical problem of being much too fat in a way that is dangerous to your health: Doctors have recommended the diet as a treatment for obesity.
attractive way: a little girl of about three, with blonde hair and chubby arms chubby - chubbier - chubbiest
thick /8ik/ [adj] fat - use this about people's necks, ankles, wrists, or arms that have a lot of muscles or a lot of flesh on
them: a big heavy men with a thick neck and a brood red face
to become fatter
get fatter get faet3r to become fatter: Steve has got a lot fatter since I last saw him.
put on weight ,put Dn weit/ to become fatter: John s put on a lot of weight recently, hasn't he?
It is more polite to say someone has
put on weight than to say they have got fatter.
put on 5 kilos/2 pounds etc (-become 5 kilos/2 pounds etc heavier than you were before) I put on several pounds over Christmas.
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food that makes you fat
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/attening Tannir]/ [adj] food that is fattening makes you fat: Try to avoid fattening foods. I Grilled fish tastes
BABY
better and is less fattening than fried fish.
FATHER
MOTHER
Obese is used especially in medical writing.
part of the body
fat /faet/ [adj] I hate going swimming - I don't like people seeing my fat legs.
fat - fatter - fattest
/lobby /'flaebi/ [adj] covered in soft loose fat that looks very unattractive: Her body was getting old and flabby. I John's flabby white thighs wobbled as he walked along the beach.
flabby - flabbier - flabbiest
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chubby /'tjAbij [adj] chubby arms, cheeks, legs etc are slightly fat in a pleasant
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MAN
father
/ather Tciicbr [n C] My father's a doctor. I Like most fathers, I felt anxious when my son got his first motorcycle. 1 Larry Blake, a father of three children, was shot dead outside his home last night.
FAMILY
CHILD
dad /daed/ (n C] a name you use to talk to your father or to talk about him or someone. else's father: Was your dad angrywhen you got home? I Can I borrow your can Dad? I My dad retired ten years ago.
daddy/'daedi' [n C) a name for your father - used especially by young children or when you are talking to young children:
Daddy, can I have a drink, please? I Go and ask Daddy if he'll play with you.
pop 'pDpllpaip [n singular] american a name you call your father: Pop and I went for a walk along the beach.
Ed like a father
paternal/p3'i3:rnl, [adj] paternal feelings are like the feelings that a good father has for his children: Although he had no children of his own, he took a kind of paternal interest in Katie's progress at school.
FAVOURITE/ FAVORITE
the one you like better than any
others
m see also like/not like, best
/avourite British Javorite american
feiv^r |adj only before nounj sb's favourite colour/food/teacher etc the
colour, food etc that someone likes better than any other colour, food etc: My favourite colour is purple. I Who is your favorite singer? I Were going to her
favourite restaurant for a meal.
Qlike best Jaik 'best; especially spoken to like something better than other things - use this especially when you are asking someone to choose or when you are choosing : Which of these dresses do you like best?
like sth best I think I like the red one best.
Javourite british /avorite american fe/v^r [л? С] something that you like more than other things of the same kind: I like all her books, but this one's my favourite. 1 Oh great! Chocolate icecream - my favourite!
teacher's pet /,ti;tJVz 'pet, In singular) informal someone who is their teacher's
favourite student, and who the other students do not like because of this: Janice is a real teacher's pet and always sits at the front of the class.
FEEL
see also touch
D to feel hot/tired/ hungry etc
/eel/be fi:(. bi: [u]
/eel/be tired!hot/hungry etc I was very tired and I just wanted to sleep. I If you feel hungry between meals, have a piece of fruit. I Stop the car - Ben feels sick!
I You 'II be cold if you don't wear a coot, fee I well/better "How do you feel?" "I feel much better now I've had some sleep.'
feeling - felt - have felt being - was - have been
experience ikspwrians (u T1 formal to have a feeling of pain, sickness etc. Most women experience some nausea when they are pregnant. ) He said that he had never experienced such pain before.
sensitive ,'sens.Viv [adj] a part of your body that is sensitive feels pain. cold, heat etc more than is usual sensitive to heat / light / coM etc Blue eyes tend to be more sensitive to light sensitive teeth / eyes / skin (^reacting strongly to cold, light, smoke etc) a special
toothpaste for sensitive teeth
Ea a physical feeling
feeling 'fnhiy \n C) a physical feeling of heat, cold, tiredness etc When he woke up there was a horrible tight feeling in his chest.
+ of One symptom of this illness is a general feeling of ill-health and tiredness.
cl how something feels when you touch it
fee I fi:I/ [u] if something feels hot, soft, wet etc, this is the feeling it gives you when you touch it
when you cannot feel anything in part of your body
numb n\m [adj] if part of your body is numb, it does not feel anything, for example because it is very cold or because your blood is not reaching it: My left hand was completely numb. go numb (=become numb) It was so cold my fingers had gone numb.