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fatten
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As a verb, fatten means cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter.
Meanings of fatten
6 meaningsverb
To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter.
“We must fatten the turkey in time for Thanksgiving.”
of a personanimalTo become fat or fatter.
“He gradually fattened in the five years after getting married.”
To make thick or thicker (something containing paper, often money).
To become thick or thicker.
To make (soil) fertile and fruitful.
“to fatten land”
To become fertile and fruitful.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
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