fatten
verb/ˈfætn/
/ˈfætn/
[transitive, intransitive]Word Family
- fat adjective
- fatty adjective
- fatten verb
- fattening adjective
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they fatten | /ˈfætn/ /ˈfætn/ |
| he / she / it fattens | /ˈfætnz/ /ˈfætnz/ |
| past simple fattened | /ˈfætnd/ /ˈfætnd/ |
| past participle fattened | /ˈfætnd/ /ˈfætnd/ |
| -ing form fattening | /ˈfætnɪŋ/ /ˈfætnɪŋ/ |
- fatten (somebody/something) (up) to make somebody/something fatter, especially an animal before killing it for food; to become fatter
- The piglets are taken from the sow to be fattened for market.
- She's very thin after her illness—but we'll soon fatten her up.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryFatten is used with these nouns as the object:- pig
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