fatten B1 Topic:Plants & Agriculture US /ˈfætən/ See IPA manual Freq #29117 Meanings 1 verb make fat or plump Farmers fatten cattle before the winter market. 2 verb To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter. We must fatten the turkey in time for Thanksgiving. 3 verb To become fat or fatter. He gradually fattened in the five years after getting married. 4 verb To make thick or thicker (often something containing paper, especially money). “You horrible old man, you’ve always tried to turn Erik into a slave, to fatten your pocketbook! […]” Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · make fat or plump plump 3 verb · to become fat or fatter. gain weightput on weight Word family Forms fattened Derived forms fattenablefattenerfatteningnonfattenedoverfattenrefattenunfattenableunfattened Common collocations fatten up Verb + adverb Etymology From fat + -en. Topics Plants & Agriculture External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # fatten **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /ˈfætən/ **Frequency rank:** 29117 ## Meanings 1. make fat or plump 2. To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter. 3. To become fat or fatter. 4. To make thick or thicker (often something containing paper, especially money). ## Examples - Farmers fatten cattle before the winter market. - We must fatten the turkey in time for Thanksgiving. - He gradually fattened in the five years after getting married. - “You horrible old man, you’ve always tried to turn Erik into a slave, to fatten your pocketbook! […]” ## Synonyms - plump - gain weight - put on weight ## Derived Forms - fattenable - fattener - fattening - nonfattened - overfatten - refatten - unfattenable - unfattened ## Etymology From fat + -en. ## Topics - Plants & Agriculture markdown