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fattening

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fat⋅ten

  [fat-n]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to make fat.
2. to feed (animals) abundantly before slaughter.
3. to enrich: to fatten the soil; to fatten one's pocketbook.
4. Cards.
a. Poker. to increase the number of chips in (a pot).
b. Pinochle. to play a card that scores high on (a trick) expected to be taken by a partner.
–verb (used without object)
5. to grow fat.
Origin:
1545–55; fat + -en 1

Related forms:
fat⋅ten⋅a⋅ble, adjective
fat⋅ten⋅er, noun
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1 flat stomach rule: obey
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fat·ten   (fāt'n)   
v.   fat·tened, fat·ten·ing, fat·tens

v.   tr.

  1. To make plump or fat.

  2. To fertilize (land).

  3. To increase the amount or substance of: fatten one's bank account.

v.   intr.
To grow fat or fatter.
fat'ten·er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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