Definitions for Fatten
ˈfæt nfat·ten

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten upverb

   make fat or plump

   "We will plump out that poor starving child"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fattenverb

   To become fatter

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

2. fattenverb

   To cause to be fatter

   We must fatten the turkey in time for Thanksgiving.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Fattenverb

   Etymology: from fat.

   1. To feed up; to make fleshy; to plump with fat.

   Frequent blood-letting, in small quantities, often increaseth the force of the organs of digestion, and fatteneth and increaseth the distemper. John Arbuthnot, on Diet.

   2. To make fruitful.

   Town of stuff to fatten land. Lib. Londiniensis.

   Dare not, on thy life,
   Touch aught of mine;
   This falchion else, not hitherto withstood,
   These hostile fields shall fatten with thy blood. Dryden.

   3. To feed grosly; to increase.

   Obscene Orontes
   Conveys his wealth to Tyber’s hungry shores,
   And fattens Italy with foreign whores. John Dryden, Juvenal.

2. To Fattenverb

   To grow fat; to be pampered; to grow fleshy.

   Etymology: from fat.

   All agree to spoil the publick good,
   And villains fatten with the brave man’s labour. Thomas Otway.

   Apollo check’d my pride, and bad me feed
   My fatt’ning flocks, nor dare beyond the reed. Dryden.

   Yet then this little spot of earth well till’d,
   A num’rous family with plenty fill’d,
   The good old man and thrifty housewife spent
   Their days in peace, and fatten’d with content;
   Enjoy’d the dregs of life, and liv’d to see
   A long-descending healthful progeny. John Dryden, Juvenal.

   Tygers and wolves shall in the ocean breed,
   The whale and dolphin fatten on the mead,
   And every element exchange its kind,
   When thriving honesty in courts we find. George Granville.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fattenverb

   to make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat

2. Fattenverb

   to make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as, to fatten land; to fatten fields with blood

3. Fattenverb

   to grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; to be pampered

4. Etymology: [See Fat, v. t.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Fatten in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Fatten in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Fatten in a Sentence

1. Paul Tabori, _The Natural Science of Stupidity_. (New York: ChiltonCompany, 1960), p. 104.:

   Modern war has decimated many a country; but it has always spawned millions of bureaucrats. They fatten on shortages and thrive on trouble. Peace can never offer such opportunities for exercising petty tyrannies, using red tape to regiment the individual and making life generally unpleasant.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Fatten
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fatten
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Fatten
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Fatten