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fatten
[fat-n]
verb (used with object)
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.
verb (used without object)
to grow fat.
fatten
/ ˈæə /
verb
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
Other Word Forms
- fattenable adjective
- fattener noun
- overfatten verb (used with object)
- ˈڲٳٱԲ adjective
- ˈڲٳٱԱ noun
- ˈڲٳٱԾԲ adjective
Example Sentences
He likens the effect of these chemicals on water-born bacteria to offering hungry humans a roomful of fattening fast food.
Hormones are usually used to fatten cattle in the later stages of production, a Defra spokesperson said, and therefore traces would be identifiable through checks.
All of my friends are, like, anorexic basically, or have some form of eating disorder, so it’s hard to get people to eat fattening food with me.
The administration initially tried to give the NIH cuts a partisan coloration, suggesting that academic centers in blue states are fattening up on “indirect” research funding.
For example, it banned the export of live animals from Great Britain for slaughter and fattening and changed EU laws on gene editing crops.
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