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8 7.7
To make someone gain body weight
  • verb
  • /fæt/
translation icon : engordar
  • High-quality feed can help fatten the cattle more efficiently.

Examples

  • Instead of having the cows just fatten themselves off normally on grass, which takes a lot longer, they speed up the process by feeding them corn and soy meal.

  • I'm talking about she fats and mean it.

  • That because we have inflation, we're seeing companies raise prices simply to fatten their profit margins.

  • The farmer decided to fat the pigs before selling them at the market.

  • To prepare for winter, the owner plans to fat the chickens by feeding them extra grains.

Synonyms

to fatten
vsto fat
45 2.2

To make an animal gain weight and a sauce taste richer by giving more or richer food

causes weight gain without naming a feeding method
to fatten up
vsto fat
10 2.3

To give extra food so a person or animal gains weight

can describe weight gain without specifying extra feeding
to plump
vsto fat
5 3.8

To make someone or something fuller and rounder

focuses on producing weight gain rather than shape alone
to chub
vsto fat
  • Informal
1 9.1

To become slightly fatter by gaining weight

describes causing weight increase without stressing softness or roundness
to fatten out
vsto fat
4.9

To make an animal or person gain weight

refers more broadly to producing overall weight gain
to plump out
vsto fat
  • UK
6.1

To make someone or something rounder and fuller

emphasizes causing real weight increase rather than only filling shape
to enflesh
vsto fat
9.9

To make an animal or person fatter

is about causing weight gain in general rather than fleshiness style

Antonyms

198 3.2

To take something important away from someone or stop them having it

134 3.0

To stop someone from eating so they become very hungry

Idioms

to chew the fat
  • Informal
3 7.9

Talk in a friendly, relaxed way for a long time

fat chance
  • Informal
2 8.1

A way to say something is very unlikely to happen

The best food and goods a place gives

Phrasal Verbs

4 3.0

To reduce the fat on your body by eating less and exercising

To cook food by putting it completely in hot oil

Compounds

fat cat
  • Offensive
22 6.3

A rich, powerful person who seems greedy and has too much power

22 1.0

A food or drink that contains no fat

8 2.6

The amount of fat in a food or drink

fat cell
  • Specialized
6 2.8

A small part of the body that stores fat for energy

5 2.6

The oily part of animals' bodies used for cooking and making products

5 2.5

An eating plan that has little fat and more foods like bread or meat

4 4.1

A swollen lip that happens after a hit or injury

4 5.1

A round, chubby face with full cheeks

3 4.3

A day of feasting and parties before Lent, also called Mardi Gras

3 1.0

Milk that has less fat than whole milk

1 2.8

A person or animal with extra weight and a round shape

fat-soluble
  • Specialized
1 4.2

Able to dissolve in fat or oil rather than water

fat farm
  • Offensive
1 8.4

An informal name for a place where people stay to lose weight by diet and exercise

polyunsaturated fat
  • Specialized
1 3.5

A fat from plant oils and fish that is better for the heart

An electric kitchen machine that cooks food by putting it completely in hot oil

fat embolism
  • Specialized
1 7.5

When fat enters the blood and blocks a blood vessel after a broken bone

fat-soluble vitamin
  • Specialized
1 2.9

A vitamin that mixes with fat and stays in body fat

big fat bonus
  • Informal
1 3.3

A large extra payment from your job for good work

big fat prize
  • Informal
1 3.1

A very large and impressive award given to the winner

fat finger
  • Jargon
1 7.9

A mistake you make by pressing the wrong key or button

fat metabolism
  • Specialized
1 3.7

The way the body breaks down fat to make energy

bone fat
  • Specialized
8.4

Fat taken from animal bones used to make cheap candles, soap, and grease

cohune fat
  • Specialized
9.9

A thick fat from the nuts of a palm used for cooking and making soap

Oils and other foods from animals or plants that people eat and use for cooking

fat day
  • Informal
8.8

A day when you eat a lot and feel too full

fat hen
  • UK
8.1

A common wild plant with leaves you can eat and cook like spinach

fat logic
  • Slang
9.9

A way of thinking that makes unfair actions seem acceptable to help oneself

lazy fat-ass
  • Offensive
9.9

A rude name for someone seen as lazy and very overweight

9.1

A layer of fat around a pig's kidneys used to make lard

mule fat
  • Specialized
9.9

A Californian shrub with thin leafy shoots that deer eat

3.4

A soft layer of fat on a child that children lose as they grow

wool fat
  • Specialized
6.9

A yellow, greasy material from sheep's wool used in creams and skin products

How Fat

to fat
8 7.7
to plump up
1 4.5

Surface Forms

fat infinitive
fatted past
fatted past participle
fattening present participle
fats third person singular

Etymology

Fat as a verb is from the same root as fatten and simply means 'make plump', so to fat an animal is to feed it until it grows fat.