Dictionary Definition
fatten v : make fat or plump; "We will plump out
that poor starving child" [syn: fat, flesh out,
fill
out, plump, plump out,
fatten
out, fatten
up]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
Verb
Translations
to become fatter
- Finnish: lihoa, lihota
- Hungarian: hízik
to cause to be fatter
- Finnish: lihottaa
- German: mästen
- Hungarian: hizlal
- Italian: ingrassare
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
acculturate, add to,
advance, aggrandize, aliment, ameliorate, amend, amplify, augment, batten, become overweight,
better, bloom, blossom, boom, boost, breast-feed, breed, bring forward, broaden, build, build up, civilize, culture, dress, dry-nurse, edify, educate, elevate, emend, engross, enhance, enlarge, enlighten, enrich, exalt, expand, extend, farm, fat, fatten up, favor, fecundify, feed, fertilize, fill out, flourish, flower, force-feed, forward, foster, fructify, gain weight, gather
flesh, go straight, grow,
grow fat, grow thick, hatch, hike, hike up, impregnate, improve, improve upon, incrassate, increase, inflate, inseminate, inspissate, jack up, jump up,
keep, lactate, lard, lengthen, lift, make an improvement, manure, maximize, meliorate, mend, nourish, nurse, nurture, nutrify, parlay, pinguefy, plump, prolificate, promote, put on weight, put up,
pyramid, raise, ranch, rear, refine upon, reform, run, socialize, straighten out,
stuff, suckle, thick, thicken, thrive, transfigure, transform, up, upgrade, uplift,
wet-nurse