fatten Antonyms
Meaning of fatten
fatten (v)
make fat or plump
fatten (v. t.)
To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.
To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as, to fatten land; to fatten fields with blood.
fatten (v. i.)
To grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; to be pampered.
FAQs About the word fatten
make fat or plumpTo make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat., To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as, to fa
mess, batten, overfeed,fill, feed, banquet, force-feed,feast, dine, surfeit
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The farmer used a special diet to fatten the cattle for the market.
The boy was very skinny, so his mother tried to fatten him up with extra food.
The chef fattens the chicken with butter and herbs before roasting it.
The pigs were fed a high-fat diet to fatten them up before they were slaughtered.
