fatten

Definition

  • verb: to make (someone or something) fat
  • verb: to make fat, fleshy, or plump
  • usually + 'up'
  • synonyms: enrich, fat, fat up

Examples

  • Sauces made with cream are very 'fattening'. [=they are very likely to make people fat]

  • I'm trying to avoid 'fattening' foods.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) to find on these high rocky slopes. It's hard to imagine what could have attracted it here. At this time of the year bears should be fattening up for the winter. Yet they gather in some numbers on these apparently barren slopes. They're searching for a rather unusual food - moths. (..)
    2006 TvShow: Planet Earth Title: Mountains Season: 1 Episode 2
  • (..) Honestly, I'm years old. Okay. I remembered somebody saying her fantasy was to live in a chocolate house. Well, that's impractical. And fattening. Chocolate house. - Sorry, Dad. - It's good. I can't have cocoa right now because I'm work-- (..)
    2012 The Amazing Spider-Man
  • (..) Explosives. That's so cool. -He was watching me. -DJ. Did you ever see a wife? People used to say he had one... ...but he fattened her up... ...and he ate her. ''Demolition squad.'' Sorry. Come on. Be quiet. (..)
    2006 Monster House