fatten
to make fat.
to feed (animals) abundantly before slaughter.
to enrich: to fatten the soil; to fatten one's pocketbook.
Cards.
Poker. to increase the number of chips in (a pot).
Pinochle. to play a card that scores high on (a trick) expected to be taken by a partner.
to grow fat.
Origin of fatten
1Other words from fatten
- fat·ten·a·ble, adjective
- fat·ten·er, noun
- o·ver·fat·ten, verb (used with object)
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How to use fatten in a sentence
Finally, a large, fattened shark emerges from its mother and swims away.
Attack of the inner-cannibal mega-shark | Carolyn Gramling | November 10, 2020 | Science News For StudentsLastly, it invested heavily to re-engineer one of its core products, the less-fattening Satisfries.
Burger King Invades Canada to Save His Faltering Kingdom | Daniel Gross | August 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThird, recognize that out-of-home meals generally are more fattening than in-home meals.
An Economist's Guide to Dieting and Burning Calories | Richard B. McKenzie | December 31, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTPut your most unflattering and fattening pictures up for all to see.
An Economist's Guide to Dieting and Burning Calories | Richard B. McKenzie | December 31, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Easter Bunny will stash treats for millions of kids this Sunday, but some sweets will be more fattening than others.
We'll keep weeding out the troublesome ones, keep fattening and hobbling the submissive ones.
The Extinction Parade: An Original Zombie Story by Max Brooks | Max Brooks | January 14, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTThe following table contains a summary of the composition of ten different animals in different stages of fattening.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry | Thomas AndersonThis fattening process generally produces the desired effect.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferThe ripe sugar-cane is perhaps the most fattening of vegetables, if we except the oily seeds and grain.
Domestic Animals | Richard L. AllenAll food is intended to meet the demands of respiration and nutrition, and fattening to a greater or less degree.
Domestic Animals | Richard L. AllenThe Devon is intelligent, gentle, and tractable; is good for milk, and unsurpassed for the yoke and for fattening.
Domestic Animals | Richard L. Allen
British Dictionary definitions for fatten
/ (ˈfætən) /
to grow or cause to grow fat or fatter
(tr) to cause (an animal or fowl) to become fat by feeding it
(tr) to make fuller or richer
(tr) to enrich (soil) by adding fertilizing agents
Derived forms of fatten
- fattenable, adjective
- fattener, noun
- fattening, adjective
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