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fattened

fattened

2.6
Animals that farmers feed to make them fatter before sale
  • adjective
  • /ˈfætənd/
translation icon : engordado
  • The farmer sold several fattened cattle at the market for a good price.

Examples

  • The geese were fattened for the traditional feast that takes place every autumn.

  • Before the winter, the pigs were fattened to ensure they had enough meat for meat production.

  • They were bred and fattened for food and eaten.

  • Foie gras in this case is duck liver, the the fattened liver of a duck.

Synonyms

fatted
vsfattened
2 4.7

An animal fed until ready to be eaten

is fed to reach selling weight for commercial sale
overfed
vsfattened
1 3.0

A person or animal that is given more food than the body needs and is too heavy

is fed to increase market weight not as a sign of unhealthy excess

How Fat

fattened
2.6
well-fed
20 1.1
plump
44 2.7
thin
314 1.0

Surface Forms

fattened positive

Morphology

fattened = fatten (transparent) = fat + en + ed

The transformation from 'fatten' to 'fattened' is a standard past participle formation.

Etymology

Fattened comes from the simple word fat, which means 'full of fat', and from the verb fatten, which means 'to make an animal fat'. So a fattened animal has been fed to 'grow fat' and become ready for sale at the market.