fatten
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fatten
- /ˈfætən/
- [ˈfæʔn̩]
Rhymes with -ætən
verb fattens · fattening · fattened
- To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter. We must fatten the turkey in time for Thanksgiving.
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To become fat or fatter.
He gradually fattened in the five years after getting married.
Similar: gain weight, put on weight
- To make thick or thicker (often something containing paper, especially money). “You horrible old man, you’ve always tried to turn Erik into a slave, to fatten your pocketbook! […]”
- To become thick or thicker. A broad river of white paper rushed constantly up from the cylinder and leaped into a mangling chaos of machinery whence it emerged a second later, cut, printed, folded and stacked, sliding along a board with a hundred others in a fattening sheaf.
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To make (soil) fertile and fruitful.
to fatten land
Similar: enrich
- To become fertile and fruitful. These hostile Fields shall fatten with thy Blood.
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verb to cause to be fatter
| Español | engordar, cebar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 살찌우다 saljjiuda |
| Português | engordar, cevar |
| Français | engraisser |
| Deutsch | mästen |
| Italiano | ingrassare |
| Ελληνικά | παχαίνω pachaíno, χοντραίνω chontraíno |
| Română | îngrășa |
| Русский | отка́рмливать otkármlivatʹ, откорми́ть otkormítʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | vỗ béo |
| العربية | سَمَّنَ sammana, أَسْمَنَ ʔasmana |
verb to become fatter
| Español | cebarse, engordar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 살찌다 saljjida |
| 日本語 | 太る futoru |
| Português | engordar |
| Français | grossir |
| Deutsch | dick werden, dicker werden, fett werden, sich mästen, zunehmen |
| Italiano | ingrassare |
| Ελληνικά | παχαίνω pachaíno, χοντραίνω chontraíno |
| Română | se îngrășa |
| Русский | толсте́ть tolstétʹ, потолсте́ть potolstétʹ, жире́ть žirétʹ, разжире́ть razžirétʹ |
| العربية | سَمِنَ samina |
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