transitive. To feed (animals) on mast; to fatten.
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释义 | the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > fatten (20) masteOE transitive. To feed (animals) on mast; to fatten. fatc1386 transitive. To make fat, fatten; usually, to feed (animals) for use as food. Also to fat up. to set up1540 To put (a horse, etc.) up in a stable; occasionally to keep (cattle) up to fatten them. Obsolete. fatten1552 transitive. To make fat or plump. Also to fatten up. Usually: To feed (animals) for market, make fit to kill. Const. on. feed1552 To fill with food, to pamper; to fatten, make fleshy; occasionally of the food. dialect. to feed (full and) high, to feed up: to supply or obtain… forcea1571 = farce, v.1 3. Also, to fatten (animals). cram1577 esp. To feed with excess of food (spec. poultry, etc., to fatten them for the table); to overfeed, stuff, fill to satiety. engrease1583 transitive. To fill with grease; to fatten. to raise in flesh1608 transitive. to raise in flesh: to fatten (an animal); also in extended use. Obsolete. saginate1623 transitive. To fatten (animals). Also figurative. to stall to1764 To put (an animal) in a stall; to keep or confine in a stall, esp. for fattening; also to stall to (a particular kind of food), to stall up. tallow1765 transitive. To cause (cattle, etc.) to form tallow; to fatten. (Cf. tallowed, adj. 2.) stall-feed1766 Of an animal: To undergo feeding or fattening in a stall. graze1787 transitive and intransitive. To fatten. Also, to weigh (a specified weight) after fattening. to fat off1789 to fat off: to fatten for sale or slaughter. to make up1794 To prepare. transitive. To get (a horse) into good condition, either for selling or for sporting performance; (also) to fatten (any animal) for the… higglea1825 transitive. To buy and fatten up for the market. local. (Cf. higgler, n. 2b.) finish1841 To complete or perfect the fatting of (cattle). to feed off1852 to feed off: to fatten (an animal) for sale or slaughter. steam1947 With up: Agriculture, to subject (an animal) to steaming up (see steaming, n. 5). |
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