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fatten

verb
🔊/ˈfætn/
🔊/ˈfætn/
 [transitive, intransitive]
Word Family
  • fat adjective
  • fatty adjective
  • fatten verb
  • fattening adjective
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they fatten
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he / she / it fattens
🔊/ˈfætnz/
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past simple fattened
🔊/ˈfætnd/
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past participle fattened
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-ing form fattening
🔊/ˈfætnɪŋ/
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  1. fatten (somebody/something) (up) to make somebody/something fatter, especially an animal before killing it for food; to become fatter（使）长胖，长肥；（尤指动物宰杀前）育肥
    • The piglets are taken from the sow to be fattened for market.这些小猪被从母猪身边带走，好育肥上市。🔊🔊
    • She's very thin after her illness—but we'll soon fatten her up.她病后瘦得很，不过我们会使她迅速胖起来的。🔊🔊
    Topics Farmingc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryFatten is used with these nouns as the object:
    • pig
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