Fatten
/ˈfætn/verb
To make thicker or wider, especially by giving them more food.
She decided to fatten the pigs before selling them.
Often appears as...
- fatten up
- fatten for market
verb
To make more profitable, successful or productive.
The company is trying to fatten their profits by increasing the price.
Often appears as...
- fatten the profits
- fatten the bottom line
verb
To become fatter.
He started to fatten once he stopped going to the gym.
Often appears as...
- start to fatten
- begin to fatten
verb
To make thicker or wider, especially by giving them more food.
She decided to fatten the pigs before selling them.
Often appears as...
- fatten up
- fatten for market
verb
To make more profitable, successful or productive.
The company is trying to fatten their profits by increasing the price.
Often appears as...
- fatten the profits
- fatten the bottom line
verb
To become fatter.
He started to fatten once he stopped going to the gym.
Often appears as...
- start to fatten
- begin to fatten
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Husbandry
Usually relates to preparing animals for market by feeding them well.
Chicken farmers often fatten their birds before the holiday season.
Pro Tip 2/3Growth Periods
Can imply a gradual process over time rather than an immediate change.
It took months to fatten the calf with the specially formulated feed.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Use
Sometimes used metaphorically in literature to imply prosperity or excessive indulgence.
The novel depicted the city as a place where people went to fatten on wealth.
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What you don't know...
doing okay on the one hand I have a husband who's annoyingly lean and incredibly handsome so I'm obviously going to need to fatten him up and like I said we have those divorced friends who may secretly or subconsciously be trying to break us up
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What you don't know...
One the one hand, I have a husband who's annoyingly lean and incredibly handsome. So I'm obviously going to need fatten him up. And like I said, we have those divorced friends who may secretly or subconsciously be trying to break us up.
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The Life of a Baby Polar...
as declining sea ice means females have less time to fatten up, before entering their dens. So if this mother wants her only cub to survive, she'll need to ensure it masters the important game, of recognizing which smells to trust,
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How nationalism and...
No, instead, you would be served probably a lot of porridge, some vegetable -- mostly cabbage -- some cheese, and maybe if you're lucky, the absolute delicacy of that time -- mmm, perfectly cooked fattened dormice.
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People and Bears Live in...
garbage from the caboose restaurant leftover steak bones and steaks and chickens and chicken bones they're probably been fattening on people's food and garbage for a long time before who were out fishing ran
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Maryn McKenna: What do...
And that's just in healthcare. On much of the planet, most meat animals get antibiotics every day of their lives, not to cure illnesses, but to fatten them up and to protect them against
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Emperor penguins PIPE The...
but that is barely enough to keep a chick alive for a week. Fattened up from two months fishing, the females reappear with magically accurate timing.
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What a Drag PIPE National...
these late season fish those are the fish that bring in the big money these fish have been around they're fattened up so it's important to land one
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Nature's Mighty Power:...
for a fresh berry patch fattening up is the only thing on his mind he won't be interested in mating until early next summer
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How Climate Change...
both know it's important to fatten up before they leave for the winter until a few years ago this was solid ice
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What you don't know...
doing okay on the one hand I have a husband who's annoyingly lean and incredibly handsome so I'm obviously going to need to fatten him up and like I said we have those divorced friends who may secretly or subconsciously be trying to break us up
Video examples
What you don't know...
One the one hand, I have a husband who's annoyingly lean and incredibly handsome. So I'm obviously going to need fatten him up. And like I said, we have those divorced friends who may secretly or subconsciously be trying to break us up.
Video examples
The Life of a Baby Polar...
as declining sea ice means females have less time to fatten up, before entering their dens. So if this mother wants her only cub to survive, she'll need to ensure it masters the important game, of recognizing which smells to trust,
Video examples
How nationalism and...
No, instead, you would be served probably a lot of porridge, some vegetable -- mostly cabbage -- some cheese, and maybe if you're lucky, the absolute delicacy of that time -- mmm, perfectly cooked fattened dormice.
Video examples
People and Bears Live in...
garbage from the caboose restaurant leftover steak bones and steaks and chickens and chicken bones they're probably been fattening on people's food and garbage for a long time before who were out fishing ran
Video examples
Maryn McKenna: What do...
And that's just in healthcare. On much of the planet, most meat animals get antibiotics every day of their lives, not to cure illnesses, but to fatten them up and to protect them against
Video examples
Emperor penguins PIPE The...
but that is barely enough to keep a chick alive for a week. Fattened up from two months fishing, the females reappear with magically accurate timing.
Video examples
What a Drag PIPE National...
these late season fish those are the fish that bring in the big money these fish have been around they're fattened up so it's important to land one
Video examples
Nature's Mighty Power:...
for a fresh berry patch fattening up is the only thing on his mind he won't be interested in mating until early next summer
Video examples
How Climate Change...
both know it's important to fatten up before they leave for the winter until a few years ago this was solid ice
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Quote examples
Jennifer Love Hewitt
American Actress
Instead of piling up food in my fridge that says 'Come eat me!' I keep enough for only a couple of days. And I rarely have treats around that might tempt me late at night, which is when I usually crave something really fattening. What am I going to do? Drive out at 11 at night just to satisfy a craving? No, that's crazy.
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Jason Fried
American Businessman
Lots of business owners spend their lives trying to land the whale - the single, massive, brand-name account that will fatten the top line and bestow instant credibility. But big customers make me nervous.
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Jennifer Lopez
American Musician
I love to eat everything and you pretty much can - a little piece of something fattening is not going to kill you. It's when you eat the whole box that it's going to kill you.
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Thomas Edward Brown
British Poet
It is not my wish to lounge about the college and fatten on a fellowship all my days. I am always trying to look upon a college life as a medium not an end.
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Harley Pasternak
Canadian Author
Though typically paired with words like 'organic,' 'harvest,' or 'natural,' almost all granolas are fattening.
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Gene Tierney
American Actress
In later years, I craved foods that were almost always fattening.
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Alexander Woollcott
American Critic
Everything I like is either illegal, immoral or fattening.
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John Howard
Australian Statesman
You can't fatten the pig on market day.
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Alfred Hitchcock
English Director
Revenge is sweet and not fattening.
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Randy Wayne White
American Writer
My aunts still try to fatten me up.
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Jennifer Love Hewitt
American Actress
Instead of piling up food in my fridge that says 'Come eat me!' I keep enough for only a couple of days. And I rarely have treats around that might tempt me late at night, which is when I usually crave something really fattening. What am I going to do? Drive out at 11 at night just to satisfy a craving? No, that's crazy.
Quote examples
Jason Fried
American Businessman
Lots of business owners spend their lives trying to land the whale - the single, massive, brand-name account that will fatten the top line and bestow instant credibility. But big customers make me nervous.
Quote examples
Jennifer Lopez
American Musician
I love to eat everything and you pretty much can - a little piece of something fattening is not going to kill you. It's when you eat the whole box that it's going to kill you.
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Thomas Edward Brown
British Poet
It is not my wish to lounge about the college and fatten on a fellowship all my days. I am always trying to look upon a college life as a medium not an end.
Quote examples
Harley Pasternak
Canadian Author
Though typically paired with words like 'organic,' 'harvest,' or 'natural,' almost all granolas are fattening.
Quote examples
Gene Tierney
American Actress
In later years, I craved foods that were almost always fattening.
Quote examples
Alexander Woollcott
American Critic
Everything I like is either illegal, immoral or fattening.
Quote examples
John Howard
Australian Statesman
You can't fatten the pig on market day.
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Alfred Hitchcock
English Director
Revenge is sweet and not fattening.
Quote examples
Randy Wayne White
American Writer
My aunts still try to fatten me up.
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