to fatted
- verb
- /ˈfætɪd/
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engordar
- They fatted the pigs for several weeks before sending them to market.
Examples
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They fatted the calf for the feast.
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The farmer fatted his cattle before the winter to ensure they survived the cold months.
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In preparation for the festival, the villagers fatted a calf for the feast.
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The farmers fatted their livestock before the market.
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The farmer fatted the sheep for the annual county fair to ensure they were the biggest.
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For the holiday feast, she fatted the turkey for weeks with special feed.
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To prepare for the winter, he fatted the chickens so they would produce more eggs.
Synonyms
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2.2
To make an animal gain weight and a sauce taste richer by giving more or richer food
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2.3
To give extra food so a person or animal gains weight
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7.7
To make someone gain body weight
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3.8
To make someone or something fuller and rounder
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3.0
A person or animal that is given more food than the body needs and is too heavy
Animals that farmers feed to make them fatter before sale
To make an animal or person gain weight
Antonyms
Idioms
How Fat
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fatted is the past tense of the verb fat (also seen as fatten), which means 'to make fat' by feeding an animal, so 'they fatted the pigs' simply means they fed them until they became fat.