Fatten

Word FATTEN
Character 6
Hyphenation fat ten
Pronunciations /ˈfætən/

Definitions and meanings of "Fatten"

What do we mean by fatten?

To make plump or fat. intransitive verb

To fertilize (land). intransitive verb

To increase the amount or substance of. intransitive verb

To grow fat or fatter. intransitive verb

To make fat; feed for slaughter; make fleshy or plump with fat.

To enrich; make fertile and fruitful.

To grow fat or corpulent; grow plump, thick, or fleshy.

In poker, to add chips to (a jack-pot which was not opened on the previous deal).

In skat, to discard valuable cards on (a partner's tricks).

To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat. transitive verb

To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich transitive verb

To grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; to be pampered. intransitive verb

To become fatter verb

To cause to be fatter verb

Make fat or plump verb

To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter.

(of a person or animal) To become fat or fatter.

To make thick or thicker (something containing paper, often money).

To become thick or thicker.

To make (soil) fertile and fruitful.

To become fertile and fruitful.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Fatten

The word "fatten" in example sentences

Since you're trying to "fatten" her up a little, I hope you don't benefit from the same. ❋ Unknown (2008)

He was feeding fish to crabs to fatten them and getting a good economic return from selling the crabs. ❋ Mary Robinson (2011)

The people of Alaska should be proud that their ex govenor gave up and decided to fatten her pocket book instead. nadine ❋ Unknown (2009)

Though the idol seems to be at home in God's laughter lately, which is a lonely, single laughter that has withered a little, a tiny, dear laugh out of the side of the mouth — still, fatten the raven away to the zero, zero, dear God, and send him out oblivion's other side. ❋ Jerry Ratch (2011)

I was originally behind the bill; however, the changes such as no public option to compete, and lower health insurance cost and requiring all citizens to purchase insurance to fatten the insurance companies pockets or be financially penalized, does not represent freedom, which I thought for 78 years, America stood for. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Executives and stockholders who rely on large profits to fatten their own wallets cannot admit this of course. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Higher local yields also fatten the pocketbooks of local farmers and the per-capita income of the entire local economy, which can then afford to buy imports to cover any remaining food gap. ❋ James C. Borel (2010)

Insurance firms also fatten their bottom lines by denying more claims. ❋ Wendell Potter (2011)

It's perfectly okay not only to fatten up monkeys and produce diseases that result in suffering and death, but also to starve, blind, and socially deprive them and millions of other animals, among other forms of use and abuse. ❋ Marc Bekoff (2011)

Also, this list of books is pretty AMAZING and may further fatten my Amazon wishlist. ❋ Karenhealey (2010)

The assumption is made that only executives and share holders are seeking to fatten their wallets. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The issue is that these same conservative women sit silently as other conservatives, spend wildly, lie, cheat and deceive the nation to fatten their pockets. ❋ Unknown (2009)

How can you have an effective health care system based on denying care as much as possible to fatten a company's bottom line?!? matt ❋ Unknown (2009)

Extreme paternalism is a parasite sucking on a dry host, it will tend to allow some capitalism to fatten up its victim. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That increase translates into a windfall for U.S. grain farmers but pain for cattle feedlot owners, who fatten their livestock with grain. ❋ Scott Kilman (2011)

The last 20% just says 'give private companies more money and fatten them up with profits while taking all regulations off so that they can abuse customers more.' ❋ Unknown (2009)

China is gobbling up nearly a quarter of the U.S. soybean crop in order to fatten hogs and chickens craved by its middle class. ❋ Scott Kilman (2011)

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