fatten

English

Etymology

fat +‎ -en

Verb

fatten (third-person singular simple present fattens, present participle fattening, simple past and past participle fattened)

1. (intransitive) To become fatter

   If we give it a bit more sugar, we'll see him slowly fatten.

2. (transitive) To cause to be fatter

   We must fatten the turkey in time for Thanksgiving.

3. (transitive) To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich.

   to fatten land

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Synonyms

• (become fatter): get fat, grow fat, put on weight, gain

See also

• fattening
• fatten up

Translations

to become fatter

• Aromanian: ngrashu (rup)
• Bulgarian: надебелявам (bg) (nadebeljavam)
• Dalmatian: engrassur
• Finnish: lihoa (fi), lihota (fi)
• French: grossir (fr)
• German: dick werden, zunehmen (de)
• Hungarian: hízik (hu)

• Italian: ingrassare (it)
• Korean: 살찌다 (ko) (saljjida)
• Portuguese: engordar (pt)
• Romanian: îngrășa (ro)
• Spanish: engordar (es)
• Swedish: tjockna (sv)

to cause to be fatter

• Bulgarian: угоявам (bg) (ugojavam)
• Finnish: lihottaa (fi)
• French: engraisser (fr)
• German: mästen (de), verdicken (de)
• Hungarian: hizlal (hu)

• Indonesian: menggemukkan (id)
• Italian: ingrassare (it)
• Korean: 살찌우다 (ko) (saljjiuda)
• Portuguese: engordar (pt)
• Spanish: engordar (es)
• Swedish: göda (sv)