fatten

Meaning

1. (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter.
2. (intransitive) To become fat or fatter.
3. (transitive) To make thick or thicker (often something containing paper, especially money).
4. (intransitive) To become thick or thicker.
5. (transitive) To make (soil) fertile and fruitful.
6. (intransitive) To become fertile and fruitful.

Synonyms

feed

grow fat

fatten up

fatten out

make fat

fill out

flesh out

fat

plump

become fat

feed up

batten

gain weight

fertilize

put on weight

stuff

plump out

make big

adorn

make thick

bedew

benefit

cram

enrich

flesh

🥩

glossy

grow

moist

moisten

plumpen

rear up

shining

sleek

soil

stout

put on flesh

Translations

engraisser

ingrassare

engordar

mästen

cebar

παχαίνω

grossir

semirmek

gübrelemek

semirtmek

dick werden

ingozzare

engordar

engreixar

şişmanlamak

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfætən/

Etymology

From fat + -en.