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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
Derived Forms
- ˈڲٳٱԲ, adjective
- ˈڲٳٱԱ, noun
- ˈڲٳٱԾԲ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ڲt·· adjective
- ڲt· noun
- v·ڲt verb (used with object)
Example Sentences
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.
Put it all together, and the Dodgers have taken one of the best rosters in baseball and fattened it.
Typically, once calves reach six or eight months, they are weaned and sent to larger, industrial pastures to roam in vast herds, fattening on grass, though this pastoral interlude is a short one.
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