fatten

To fatten something is to make it grow larger. You might fatten a chicken by feeding it a lot of food.

  • The cattle are being fattened up before they are slaughtered.

  • The dog was fattened up before it was given to the orphanage.

Definition of fatten

verb

make fat or plump

Synonyms:

fat, fatten out, fatten up, fill out, flesh out, plump, plump out

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Example Sentences for fatten

  • 1

    The corns continued to grow and fatten.

  • 2

    They try to fatten the chickens up.

  • 3

    How can I fatten the article

  • 4

    Can someone fatten the article using this review

  • 5

    Do you know how fattening the cakes are

  • 6

    Fatten liver condition does not appear to be of this kind.

  • 7

    They are then interned in offshore pens where they are fattened for the market.

  • 8

    The young grow quickly, and mature animals fatten well.

  • 9

    Fries are so fattening that I can't eat all of them.

  • 10

    I didn't want to fatten the film's portrayal into being meticulous and boring.