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ALL meanings of fatten

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  • noun fatten Make or become fat or fatter. 1
  • verb with object fatten to make fat. 1
  • verb with object fatten to feed (animals) abundantly before slaughter. 1
  • verb with object fatten to enrich: to fatten the soil; to fatten one's pocketbook. 1
  • verb with object fatten 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. 1
  • verb without object fatten to grow fat. 1
  • transitive verb fatten animal: feed up for slaughter 1
  • verb fatten If an animal is fattened, or if it fattens, it becomes fatter as a result of eating more. 0
  • verb fatten If you say that someone is fattening something such as a business or its profits, you mean that they are increasing the value of the business or its profits, in a way that you disapprove of. 0
  • verb fatten Fatten up means the same as fatten. 0
  • verb fatten to grow or cause to grow fat or fatter 0
  • verb fatten to cause (an animal or fowl) to become fat by feeding it 0
  • verb fatten to make fuller or richer 0
  • verb fatten to enrich (soil) by adding fertilizing agents 0
  • verb transitive fatten to make fat, or plump, as by feeding; specif., to make (cattle, etc.) fat for slaughter 0
  • verb transitive fatten to make (land) fertile 0
  • verb transitive fatten to make richer, fuller, etc. 0
  • intransitive verb fatten to become fat 0
  • verb fatten (Intransitive Verb) To become fatter. 0
  • verb fatten (Transitive Verb) To cause to be fatter. 0
  • verb fatten (Transitive Verb) To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich. 0
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