单词	fatten
释义	fattenfat‧ten /ˈfætn/ verb Verb Table VERB TABLE fatten Simple Form Present I, you, we, they fatten he, she, it fattens Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they fattened Present perfect I, you, we, they have fattened he, she, it has fattened Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had fattened Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will fatten Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have fattened Continuous Form Present I am fattening he, she, it is fattening you, we, they are fattening Past I, he, she, it was fattening you, we, they were fattening Present perfect I, you, we, they have been fattening he, she, it has been fattening Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been fattening Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be fattening Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been fattening Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Increased profits will fatten the bonuses of the managers. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Besides fattening the wallets of local merchants, the negotiators challenged each other to solve disputes on agriculture and textiles. Its general conformation showed a dairy-type leanness, but individuals could fatten well. Now that he's been loved and fattened, the old boy wags his tail and whimpers hello like a puppy. Other record companies offered long, fattening lunches in over-priced restaurants as part of the deal-making process. Thus farmers sell milk and young calves, as well as wool and lambs which are fattened on nearby lowland farms. We are pudding fanatics as a family, the richer and more fattening the better. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto make someone fat► fatten somebody up to make someone fatter because they are too thin - often used humorously: · The women in his family were always trying to fatten him up. ► fattening food that is fattening makes you fat: · I shouldn't have any more of this cake. It's way too fattening.· Grill the fish instead of frying it. It's less fattening that way.· Avoid fattening desserts -- eat a piece of fruit instead. to make an animal fatter► fatten up to make an animal fatter so that it will produce more meat: fatten up something/fatten something up: · The farmers are fattening up their cattle and getting them ready for market. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► up · They fattened up quickly and were ready for re-sale at Norwich within three months.· How did he manage to get fattened up so quickly?· But in general, the abbeys and their abbots fattened up together.· So we're sending her home to fatten up.· They couldn't be fattened up enough.· Hard-up families are buying them at £3.60 each to fatten up at home.· This time they evidently thought she needed a bit of fattening up. Word family WORD FAMILYadjectivefatfatteningfattyfattednounfatfattyverbfatten 1[intransitive, transitive] to make an animal become fatter so that it is ready to eat, or to become fat and ready to eat2[transitive] to make an amount larger:  These projects simply serve to fatten the pockets of developers.fatten somebody/something ↔ up phrasal verb to make a person or animal fatter:  My parents are always trying to fatten me up.
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