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
Formerly it was the custom to keep oysters in fresh water, as the water they absorb bloats or fattens them.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and SciencesA fifth, owning several thousand acres, fattens cattle for export.
It feeds upon the passion it inflames, and fattens on the holiest sentiments, turned by its touch to filth and rottenness.
Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes | J. M. JudyNo, she fattens em en sells em fer groceries en other needs.
Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp | Lillian Elizabeth RoyThere is a kind of study which fattens the mind for examination like a prize pig for a county fair.
The Reconstructed School | Francis B. Pearson
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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