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1. (v.t.) fatten
to make fat.
2. fatten
to feed (animals) abundantly before slaughter.
3. fatten
to enrich.
4. (v.i.) fatten
to grow fat.
Etymology: (1545–55)
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| Definition of 'fatten' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
make fat or plump
"We will plump out that poor starving child"
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| Definition of 'fatten' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) fatten
to make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat
2. (verb) fatten
to make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as, to fatten land; to fatten fields with blood
3. (verb) fatten
to grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; to be pampered
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Sense: (often withup) to make or become fat
They are fattening up a turkey to eat at Christmas.
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 Afrikaans: vetmaak |
 Arabic: يُسَمِّن |
 Bulgarian: угоявам |
 Brazilian: engordar |
 Czech: vykrmovat; ztloustnout |
 German: mästen |
 Danish: opfede |
 Greek: παχαίνω |
 Spanish: engordar |
 Estonian: nuumama, rasva minema |
 Farsi: چاق کردن؛ چاق شدن |
 Finnish: lihottaa |
 French: engraisser |
 Hebrew: לְפָטֵם |
 Hindi: मोटा करना |
 Croatian: debljati se, toviti (se) |
 Hungarian: (meg)hizlal |
 Indonesian: menggemukkan |
 Icelandic: fita |
 Italian: ingrassare |
 Japanese: 太らせる |
 Korean: 살찌우다 |
 Lithuanian: penėti |
 Latvian: uzbaroties; nobarot (lopu |
 Malay: menggemukkan |
 Dutch: mesten |
 Norwegian: gjø, fete opp, bli fet, l |
 Polish: tuczyć |
 Persian: چاق کردن؛ چاق شدن |
 Pashto: څربول، تيارول، ساتل، چاغو |
 Portuguese: engordar |
 Romanian: a (se)îngrăşa |
 Russian: откармливать(ся) |
 Slovak: vykŕmiť |
 Slovenian: rediti (se) |
 Serbian: udebljati |
 Swedish: bli fet, göda |
 Thai: ทำให้อ้วน |
 Turkish: şişmanla(t)mak |
 Taiwanese: 養肥 |
 Ukrainian: відгодовувати; гладшати |
 Urdu: موٹا کرنا یا ہونا |
 Vietnamese: vỗ béo |
 Chinese: 养肥 |
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