fatten

Make more rotund

Fatten means to make or become fat.

Farmers fatten livestock before slaughter.

A person fattens up after a period of good eating.

Figuratively, to fatten something is to make it larger or more substantial: fatten your savings account, fatten the profit margins.

The phrase fatten up emphasizes the process: She's trying to fatten him up with home cooking.

bulk

plump

Agreeably fat, well-filled

flesh out · thicken · swell · bloat · expand · pad · weight gain · heavyset · portly · stout

feed

overfeed

Supply excess nourishment

  • feedSupply with sustenance
  • stuffUnspecified items collectively
  • gorgeDeep, narrow valley

force-feed · cram · nourish · nurture · sustain · fodder · grain · slop · trough · pasture

enrich

enrich

Improve by adding value

swell · inflate · pad · enhance · amplify · grow · accumulate · build · expand · multiply

indulge

feast

Elaborate ceremonial meal

splurge · gluttonize · overindulge · pig out · treat · decadent · comfort food · seconds · dessert · snack

livestock

cattle

Domesticated bovines kept commercially

  • hogsPigs, or monopolizes
  • pigsDomesticated farm swine
  • poultryBirds raised for food

geese · ducks · turkeys · calves · lambs · steers · broilers · capons · slaughter · butcher

profit

profits

Financial surplus after costs

portfolio · returns · dividends · margins · bottom line · revenues · earnings · income · investments · assets

Categories
Opposites
body mass change

fattenslim

Thin or meager

thin · starve · slim down · reduce · emaciate

physical dimension change

fattenshrink

Decrease in size

contract · constrict · narrow · compress · reduce

Phrases
Family

fatty, fatter, fattening, fattened, fatted, fattens, fattener, fatten up

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G