fattened
Fed to fullness
Fattened is the past tense of fatten—to make or become fat.
Livestock are fattened before slaughter: fattened calves, corn-fattened hogs.
The word extends to anything plumped up or increased: a wallet fattened by bonuses, profits fattened by tax breaks.
A fattened calf alludes to the biblical parable of the prodigal son, where killing the fattened calf marks celebration of a return.
Agreeably fat, well-filled
- engorgedSwollen from excess filling
- overfedGiven excess nourishment
- corpulentExcessively heavy-bodied
- rotundRound and plump
portly · stout · paunchy · pudgy · chubby · fleshy · rounded · heavyset
Livestock fattening enclosure
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- swineDomestic porcine animals
- poultryBirds raised for food
- corn-fedFattened on maize
grain-fed · marbling · overfeeding · pasture · husbandry · stockyard · foie gras · veal
Made more valuable
- paddedFilled with soft material
- inflatedExpanded with gas
- swollenAbnormally enlarged
- bloatedSwelled from excess
augmented · amplified · boosted · expanded · increased · grown · bulging · stuffed
Formal celebratory meal
- feastingEating sumptuously together
- gorgingEating greedily, excessively
- gluttonyGreedy excess in consumption
- indulgenceYielding to desire
overindulgence · sumptuous · bountiful · abundance · provisioned · satiety · stuffed · slaughter
plump
Agreeably fat, well-filled
rotund · portly · stout · paunchy · pudgy · chubby · fleshy · rounded · heavyset · bloated
feedlot
Livestock fattening enclosure
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- swineDomestic porcine animals
- poultryBirds raised for food
corn-fed · grain-fed · marbling · overfeeding · pasture · husbandry · stockyard · foie gras · veal · wagyu
enriched
Made more valuable
bloated · augmented · amplified · boosted · expanded · increased · grown · bulging · stuffed · lined
banquet
Formal celebratory meal
- feastingEating sumptuously together
- gorgingEating greedily, excessively
- gluttonyGreedy excess in consumption
indulgence · overindulgence · sumptuous · bountiful · abundance · provisioned · satiety · stuffed · slaughter · celebration
fattenedslimmed
Became more slender
thinned · slimmed down · trimmed · reduced · wasted
fattenedstarved
Suffering extreme hunger
underfed · undernourished · malnourished · famished · unfed
fattenedunfinished
Not yet complete
unfattened · lean · unfed · grass-fed · free-range
- fatten upIncrease body mass