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  2. 1. to grow or cause to grow fat or fatter. 2. (transitive) to cause (an animal or fowl) to become fat by feeding it. 3. (transitive) to make fuller or richer. 4. (transitive) to enrich (soil) by adding fertilizing agents. Collins English Dictionary.

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  3. to feed (animals) abundantly before slaughter. to enrich: to fatten the soil; to fatten one's pocketbook. Cards. Poker. to increase the number of chips in (a pot). Pinochle. to play a card that scores high on (a trick) expected to be taken by a partner.

  4. The meaning of FATTEN is to make fat, fleshy, or plump; especially : to feed (an animal) for slaughter. How to use fatten in a sentence.

  5. 1. to grow or cause to grow fat or fatter. 2. (Agriculture) (tr) to cause (an animal or fowl) to become fat by feeding it. 3. (tr) to make fuller or richer. 4. (Agriculture) (tr) to enrich (soil) by adding fertilizing agents. ˈfattenable adj. ˈfattener n. ˈfattening adj.

  6. fatten (somebody/something) (up) to make somebody/something fatter, especially an animal before killing it for food; to become fatter. The piglets are taken from the sow to be fattened for market. She's very thin after her illness—but we'll soon fatten her up.

  7. To fatten someone is to feed them until they become bigger and fatter. Your grandmother might see a tiny baby and say, "His mother needs to fatten him up!"

  8. fatten meaning, definition, what is fatten: to make an animal become fatter so that ...: Learn more.

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