To fatten: v.tr. “To fatten up” is to make fat, to make (animals) fat (synonyms: to bait, to gorge, to gorge).
Fattening poultry.
Fatten cattle for slaughter.
Fatten buntings to make ortolans.
See also Fat under Slang of mouth.
Quote from the French writer Colette (1873-1954): “I get fat on sight”.
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