fatten
/ˈfat(ə)n
/verb
Make or become fat or fatter: [with object]: he could do with some good food to fatten him up [no object]: Irish cattle fatten up quickly...
- But can the world's No. 1 food colossus fatten up its profits as it slashes costs?
- Is it inconceivable that some mergers may have been instigated and consummated in order to fatten up major credit unions in readiness for demutualisation?
- The farm, which would breed and fatten up to 150,000 hogs annually for slaughter, would have made the facility one of Alberta's largest hog operations.
Synonyms
make fat/fatter, feed up, feed, build up;
overfeed, bloat
put on weight, gain weight, get heavier, grow fat/fatter, get fat, flesh out, fill out;
thicken, widen, broaden, expand, spread out
