intransitive. To grow to excess, overgrow, swell.

intransitive. To grow or become fat. Also to fat up.

intransitive. Of the human frame: To grow plump, or stout, to spread out; to increase in breadth.

Of men and animals: To grow fat, to thrive.

intransitive. To become fat. Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To become corpulent or stout. Obsolete.

intransitive. To grow or become fat. Const. †in, on. †Of a letter type: To become thicker. Obsolete.

Put for: Quantity or excess of flesh; hence, plumpness, good condition, embonpoint, esp. in phrases, to get, (†get oneself in), lose flesh; also (…

intransitive. To grow or develop well and vigorously; to flourish, prosper. Of persons or plants: in early quots. (esp. Ormin) simply †To grow…

intransitive. To grow fat. dialect.

intransitive. To swell, become swollen or turgid.

intransitive. To become plump; to grow bigger.

intransitive. To become distended, or rounded in outline.

intransitive. To grow stout.