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[ fat-n ] / ˈfæt n / SEE SYNONYMS FOR fatten ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object)to make fat. to feed (animals) abundantly before slaughter. to enrich: to fatten the soil; to fatten one's pocketbook. Cards. - Poker. to increase the number of chips in (a pot).
- Pinochle. to play a card that scores high on (a trick) expected to be taken by a partner.
verb (used without object)Origin of fattenFirst recorded in 1545–55; fat + -en1 OTHER WORDS FROM fattenfat·ten·a·ble, adjectivefat·ten·er, nouno·ver·fat·ten, verb (used with object)Words nearby fattenfatstock, fat-tailed sheep, fat tax, fatted calf, fatted calf, kill the, fatten, fat tide, fattish, fattism, fatty, fatty acid Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fattenWe should judge innovators not on whether they fatten our wallets, but whether their products enrich our lives. Never Mind Inequality: Silicon Valley Enriches All of Our Lives|Gregory Ferenstein|May 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST The Drug Enforcement Administration partners with local police forces to fatten budgets with seizures from dealers. Whitney Houston Death: How Sane Drug Laws May Have Prevented It|Mansfield Frazier|February 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST So where are the angry headlines and government initiatives to fatten up our jockeys? What's Wrong With Skinny?|Lisa Hilton|February 8, 2010|DAILY BEAST We breed and fatten a large number of pigs on the clearings round the shanty. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2)|William Delisle Hay
He was allowed to build a pen for it and raise and fatten it for killing. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States|Work Projects Administration The alluvial deposit from primeval lakes contributed to fatten the soil of other parts of the prairies. The Frontier in American History|Frederick Jackson Turner And I wouldn't be put off or placated by a chance to fatten my own bank roll. North of Fifty-Three|Bertrand W. Sinclair As he is doomed to be slaughtered at Charleston it is good policy to fatten him meantime. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2)|William H. Herndon
British Dictionary definitions for fatten
verbto grow or cause to grow fat or fatter (tr) to cause (an animal or fowl) to become fat by feeding it (tr) to make fuller or richer (tr) to enrich (soil) by adding fertilizing agents Derived forms of fattenfattenable, adjectivefattener, nounfattening, adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to fattenswell, broaden, augment, build up, feed, thicken, bloat, distend, wax, increase, spread, stuff, thrive, cram, plump, expand, fill, overfeed, coarsen, put on weight |