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Fatten — Fat ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fattened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fattening}.] [See {Fat}, v. t.] 1. To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat. [1913 Webster] 2. To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fatten — Fat ten, v. i. To grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; to be pampered. [1913 Webster] And villains fatten with the brave man s labor. Otway. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fatten — 1550s, from FAT (Cf. fat) + EN (Cf. en) (1). Related: Fattened. The earlier verb was simply fat (O.E. fættian to become fat, fatten ); e.g. fatted calf … Etymology dictionary
fatten — index enlarge, expand, inflate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
fatten — [v] grow or make bigger; nourish augment, bloat, broaden, build up, coarsen, cram, distend, expand, feed, fill, gain weight, increase, overfeed, plump, put flesh on*, put on weight, round out, spread, stuff, swell, thicken, thrive, wax; concepts… … New thesaurus
fatten — ► VERB ▪ make or become fat or fatter … English terms dictionary
fatten — [fat′ n] vt. 1. to make fat, or plump, as by feeding; specif., to make (cattle, etc.) fat for slaughter 2. to make (land) fertile 3. to make richer, fuller, etc. vi. to become fat fattener n … English World dictionary
fatten — [[t]fæ̱t(ə)n[/t]] fattens, fattening, fattened 1) V ERG If an animal is fattened, or if it fattens, it becomes fatter as a result of eating more. [be V ed] The cattle are being fattened for slaughter... The creature continued to grow and fatten.… … English dictionary
fatten up — verb make fat or plump We will plump out that poor starving child • Syn: ↑fatten, ↑fat, ↑flesh out, ↑fill out, ↑plump, ↑plump out, ↑fatten out … Useful english dictionary
fatten — fat|ten [ˈfætn] v 1.) [I and T] to make an animal become fatter so that it is ready to eat, or to become fat and ready to eat 2.) [T] to make an amount larger ▪ These projects simply serve to fatten the pockets of developers. fatten up [fatten… … Dictionary of contemporary English
fatten up — PHRASAL VERB To fatten up an animal or person means to make them fatter, by forcing or encouraging them to eat more food. → See also fatten 2) [V P n (not pron)] They fattened up ducks and geese... [V n P] You re too skinny we ll have to fatten… … English dictionary
