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Fattening

verb
/ˈfæt(ə)nɪŋ/
Word Frequency: 0.5

Definitions

1.verbTo cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter.
"We must fatten the turkey in time for Thanksgiving."
2.verb(of a person or animal) To become fat or fatter.
"He gradually fattened in the five years after getting married."
3.verbTo make thick or thicker (something containing paper, often money).
4.verbTo become thick or thicker.
5.verbTo make (soil) fertile and fruitful.
"to fatten land"
6.verbTo become fertile and fruitful.
7.nounThe act of making something fatter, particularly in reference or allusion to livestock.
8.nounThe act of becoming fatter.
9.adjectiveThat causes weight gain; often of high calorie food with relatively little nutritive value.

Synonyms

enrichgain weightput on weightfinishedfattyfatgreasyfeedfeederfeedingfeedlotfertilisation

Antonyms

slimming

Rhymes With

flatteningbattening
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