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How to pronounce fatten in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms fat, fatten out, fatten up, fill out, flesh out, plump, plump out
Type of alter, change, modify

Examples of fatten

fatten
Feedlot owners who use corn to fatten up cattle before slaughter felt the pinch.
From the kansas.com
When the next global debt boom rolls round in the 2020s, cars will fatten again.
From the economist.com
Cheaper grain may encourage feedlots to buy more animals and fatten them longer.
From the bloomberg.com
Universities will have to choice but to fatten up the overseas student cash cow.
From the guardian.co.uk
How often must we see science massaged by Big Business to fatten their profits?
From the independent.co.uk
Until then her parents dote on her and fatten her up in their Gainesville home.
From the washingtonpost.com
Each year Alaskans fatten their wallets with a dividend check from an oil fund.
From the economist.com
Who will then get up every Monday morning to go to work to fatten up our masters?
From the guardian.co.uk
Don't pounce right away because there's a lot you can do to fatten the deal first.
From the sfgate.com
More examples
  • Make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"
  • (fattened) (of market animals) made ready for market
  • (fattening) subject to or used in the process of finishing or fattening up for slaughter; "a fattening hog"; "fattening pens"
  • To become fatter; To cause to be fatter
  • (fattening) That which causes weight gain; usually high calorie food with relatively little nutritive value
  • (fatter) comparative form of fat: more fat
  • (14. fattening) food that makes you put on weight, e.g.
  • To increase the money or chips in the pot.
  • Engordar; cebar; fertilizar; engrasar