fatten

Definition of Fatten in English :

make fat or plump

Example Sentences:
'We will plump out that poor starving child'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fatten

verb

1.

to grow or cause to grow fat or fatter

2. (transitive)

to cause (an animal or fowl) to become fat by feeding it

3. (transitive)

to make fuller or richer

4. (transitive)

to enrich (soil) by adding fertilizing agents

verb transitive

1.

to make fat, or plump, as by feeding; specif., to make (cattle, etc.) fat for slaughter

2.

to make (land) fertile

3.

to make richer, fuller, etc.

verb intransitive

4.

to become fat

v. fat·tened, fat·ten·ing, fat·tens

v.tr.

1. To make plump or fat.

2. To fertilize (land).

3. To increase the amount or substance of: fatten one's bank account.

v.intr.

To grow fat or fatter.