| 单词 | to fatten up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fatten up a. transitive. To make fat or plump. Also to fatten up. Usually: To feed (animals) for market, make fit to kill. Const. on. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [verb (intransitive)] > fatten animals fatc1386 fatten1552 the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [verb (transitive)] > fatten masteOE fatc1386 frankc1440 to set up1540 fatten1552 feed1552 cram1577 engrease1583 to raise in flesh1608 adipate1623 saginate1623 batten1638 to stall to1764 tallow1765 to fat off1789 to make up1794 higglea1825 finish1841 force1847 to feed off1852 steam1947 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (intransitive)] > fatten animals fatc1386 fatten1552 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > fatten masteOE fatc1386 to set up1540 fatten1552 feed1552 forcea1571 cram1577 engrease1583 to raise in flesh1608 saginate1623 to stall to1764 tallow1765 stall-feed1766 graze1787 to fat off1789 to make up1794 higglea1825 finish1841 to feed off1852 steam1947 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Fatten or make fatte, crasso. 1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir ii. sig. D2v You snatch the meate out of the prisoners mouth, To fatten harlots. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 95 Wandring Laton..In spight of Juno, fatned with Joves balme. 1745 tr. L. J. M. Columella Of Husbandry viii. i Such fowls as are shut up in coops, and fattened. 1777 C. A. Burney Jrnl. in F. Burney Early Diary (1889) II. 284 His legs..have been fattend up by the gout. 1849 R. Cobden Speeches 3 His idea seems to be that men in time of peace were only being fattened up for a speedy slaughter. 1853 A. Soyer Pantropheon 165 To fatten turkeys..give them mashed potatoes [etc.]. 1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab viii. 148 Myriads of larks in combined flocks fattening themselves upon them. < as lemmas |
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