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fat·ten

(făt′n)

v. fat·tened, fat·ten·ing, fat·tens

v.tr.

1. To make plump or fat.

2. To fertilize (land).

3. To increase the amount or substance of: fatten one's bank account.

v.intr.

To grow fat or fatter.

fat′ten·er n.

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fatten

(ˈfætən)

1. to grow or cause to grow fat or fatter

2. (Agriculture) (tr) to cause (an animal or fowl) to become fat by feeding it

3. (tr) to make fuller or richer

4. (Agriculture) (tr) to enrich (soil) by adding fertilizing agents

ˈfattenable adj

ˈfattener n

ˈfattening adj

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fat•ten

(ˈfæt n)

v.t.

1. to make fat.

2. to feed (animals) abundantly before slaughter.

3. to enrich.

v.i.

4. to grow fat.

[1545–55]

fat′ten•a•ble, adj.

fat′ten•er, n.

fatten

Past participle: fattened
Gerund: fattening

Imperative
fatten
fatten

Present
I fatten
you fatten
he/she/it fattens
we fatten
you fatten
they fatten

Preterite
I fattened
you fattened
he/she/it fattened
we fattened
you fattened
they fattened

Present Continuous
I am fattening
you are fattening
he/she/it is fattening
we are fattening
you are fattening
they are fattening

Present Perfect
I have fattened
you have fattened
he/she/it has fattened
we have fattened
you have fattened
they have fattened

Past Continuous
I was fattening
you were fattening
he/she/it was fattening
we were fattening
you were fattening
they were fattening

Past Perfect
I had fattened
you had fattened
he/she/it had fattened
we had fattened
you had fattened
they had fattened

Future
I will fatten
you will fatten
he/she/it will fatten
we will fatten
you will fatten
they will fatten

Future Perfect
I will have fattened
you will have fattened
he/she/it will have fattened
we will have fattened
you will have fattened
they will have fattened

Future Continuous
I will be fattening
you will be fattening
he/she/it will be fattening
we will be fattening
you will be fattening
they will be fattening

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been fattening
you have been fattening
he/she/it has been fattening
we have been fattening
you have been fattening
they have been fattening

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been fattening
you will have been fattening
he/she/it will have been fattening
we will have been fattening
you will have been fattening
they will have been fattening

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been fattening
you had been fattening
he/she/it had been fattening
we had been fattening
you had been fattening
they had been fattening

Conditional
I would fatten
you would fatten
he/she/it would fatten
we would fatten
you would fatten
they would fatten

Past Conditional
I would have fattened
you would have fattened
he/she/it would have fattened
we would have fattened
you would have fattened
they would have fattened

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Verb

fatten - make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"

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

alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

fatten

verb

1. grow fat, spread, expand, swell, thrive, broaden, thicken, put on weight, gain weight, coarsen, become fat, become fatter The creature continued to grow and fatten.

2. (often with up) feed up, feed, stuff, build up, cram, nourish, distend, bloat, overfeed They fattened up ducks and geese.

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Translations

يُسَمِّن

vykrmovatztloustnout

opfede

mästen

παχαίνω

cebar

lihoalihotalihottaa

engraisser

hizlalmeghizlalhízik

fita

ingrassare grasso ingozzare

bli fet fete opp legge på

şişmanla mak

养肥

fatten

[ˈfætn]

A. VT (also fatten up) [+ animal] → cebar, engordar

B. VI → engordar

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fatten

[ˈfæt^ən]

[+ animal] → engraisser

[+ business] → renforcer; [+ profits] → accroître

vi [animal] → engraisser

fatten up

vt sep [+ business] → renforcer; [+ profits] → accroître

fatten

vt (also fatten up) animals → mästen; people → herausfüttern (inf); (fig) profits → erhöhen; budget → aufstocken; are you trying to fatten me up? (inf) → du willst mich wohl mästen? (inf)

vi (also fatten up or out, animal) → fett werden; (person) → dick werden; (through overeating) → sich mästen (inf)

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fatten

[ˈfætn] vt & vi (also fatten up) → ingrassare

fat

(fӕt) noun

1. an oily substance made by the bodies of animals and by some plants. This meat has got a lot of fat on it.

2. a kind of such substance, used especially for cooking. There are several good cooking fats on the market.

adjective

1. having a lot of fat on one's body; large, heavy and round in shape. He was a very fat child.

2. large or abundant. Her business made a fat profit; A fat lot of good that is! (= That is no good at all)

ˈfatness noun

ˈfatten verb

(often with up) to make or become fat. They are fattening up a turkey to eat at Christmas.

ˈfatty adjective

containing, or like, fat. This meat is very fatty.

ˈfattiness noun

ˈfat-head noun

a stupid person.

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For a hundred francs a year, she cooked and did the housework, washed, ironed, mended, harnessed the horse, fattened the poultry, made the butter and remained faithful to her mistress--although the latter was by no means an agreeable person.

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He had given that up, and now cultivated fruit and vegetables for the market, and his wife bred and fattened poultry and rabbits for sale.

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The antients may be considered as a rich common, where every person who hath the smallest tenement in Parnassus hath a free right to fatten his muse.

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They are delicious when kept and fattened. Fortunate, too, are those that are bred for food, since they are never called upon to do aught but eat."