fatten
verb (used with object)
to make fat.
have fattened
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present perfectof fatten.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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States reporting stronger-than-expected revenue include Minnesota and Utah, where officials say strong economies have fattened government coffers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2018
Fifteen minutes later, these bracelets have fattened by a good inch or so.
From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2016
Issues have fattened to 160 pages, from about 130.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2016
As much of rock has degenerated into pallid imitations of Led Zeppelin, and the wallets and midsections of the baby boomers have fattened with age, new vistas in pop music have opened up.
From Time Magazine Archive
But some little I do expect in the great inversion coming, in the upset of the scoundrels who have fattened on my flesh, and stolen my land, to make country gentlemen—if it were possible—of themselves.
From Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
