fatten

English

Etymology

From fat +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfætən/

Verb

fatten (third-person singular simple present fattens, present participle fattening, simple past and past participle fattened)

(intransitive) To become fatter.
He gradually fattened in the five years after getting married.
(transitive) To cause to be fatter.
We must fatten the turkey in time for Thanksgiving.
(transitive) To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich.
to fatten land

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Synonyms

(become fatter): get fat, grow fat, put on weight, gain

Translations

to become fatter

Aromanian: ngrash
Bulgarian: надебелявам (bg) (nadebeljavam)
Catalan: engreixar-se (ca)
Dalmatian: engrassur
Dutch: verdikken (nl), vervetten (nl), uitzetten (nl)
Finnish: lihoa (fi), lihota (fi)
French: grossir (fr)
German: dick werden, dicker werden, zunehmen (de)
Hungarian: hízik (hu)
Irish: ramhraigh, tit chun feola, tit chun meáchain

Italian: ingrassare (it)
Japanese: 太る (ja) (futoru)
Korean: 살찌다 (saljjida)
Portuguese: engordar (pt)
Romanian: îngrășa (ro)
Russian: жире́ть (ru) impf (žirétʹ), толсте́ть (ru) impf (tolstétʹ)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: kjarmiś se impf
Spanish: engordar (es)
Swedish: tjockna (sv)

to cause to be fatter

Bulgarian: угоявам (bg) (ugojavam)
Catalan: engreixar (ca)
Dutch: vetmesten (nl)
Finnish: lihottaa (fi)
French: engraisser (fr)
German: mästen (de), verdicken (de)
Hungarian: hizlal (hu)
Ido: grasigar (io)
Indonesian: menggemukkan (id)
Irish: beathaigh, ramhraigh

Italian: ingrassare (it)
Korean: 살찌우다 (saljjiuda)
Maori: whakamōmona
Polish: tuczyć (pl) impf, utuczyć pf
Portuguese: engordar (pt)
Russian: отка́рмливать (ru) impf (otkármlivatʹ), откорми́ть (ru) pf (otkormítʹ)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: kjarmiś
Spanish: engordar (es)
Swedish: göda (sv)

See also

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