About The Word Fatten
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Fatten
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What's The Definition Of Fatten?
[v] make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Fatten: fat | fatten out | fatten up | fill out | flesh out | plump | plump out Related Terms | Find terms related to Fatten: acculturate | add to | advance | aggrandize | aliment | ameliorate | amend | amplify | augment | batten | become overweight | better | bloom | blossom | boom | boost | breast-feed | breed | bring forward | broaden | build | build up | civilize | culture | dress | dry-nurse | edify | educate | elevate | emend | engross | enhance | enlarge | enlighten | enrich | exalt | expand | extend | farm | fat | fatten up | favor | fecundify | feed | fertilize | fill out | flourish | flower | force-feed | forward | foster | fructify | gain weight | gather flesh | go straight | grow | grow fat | grow thick | hatch | hike | hike up | impregnate | improve | improve upon | incrassate | increase | inflate | inseminate | inspissate | jack up | jump up | keep | lactate | lard | lengthen | lift | make an improvement | manure | maximize | meliorate | mend | nourish | nurse | nurture | nutrify | parlay | pinguefy | plump | prolificate | promote | put on weight | put up | pyramid | raise | ranch | rear | refine upon | reform | run | socialize | straighten out | stuff | suckle | thick | thicken | thrive | transfigure | transform | up | upgrade | uplift | wet-nurse See Also | alter | change | feed | give Fatten In Webster's Dictionary \Fat"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fattened}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Fattining}.] [See {Fat}, v. t.]
1. To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or
plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.
2. To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as, to fatten
land; to fatten fields with blood. --Dryden.
\Fat"ten\, v. i. To grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; to be pampered. And villains fatten with the brave man's labor. --Otway. |
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