Fatten (Verb)
Meaning
Make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child".
Classification
Verbs of eating and drinking.
Examples
- Pigs are fed a special diet to fatten them before they are sent to the slaughterhouse.
- She started eating more to fatten up during the winter months to keep warm.
- Many animals living in captivity are fed to fatten them up for human consumption.
- The turkeys are fed grains to fatten them before the holiday season.
- Farmers often provide extra feed to fatten their cattle in anticipation of the annual livestock auction.