fattens
Beefs up livestock
Fattens is the third-person singular of fatten, meaning to make or become fat.
Farmers fatten livestock before slaughter.
Rich food fattens.
Figuratively, something that fattens increases in size or value: The inheritance fattened his bank account.
To fatten up emphasizes deliberate feeding: She's trying to fatten him up.
Measures of food energy
- nutritionBodily use of food
- proteinsAmino acid polymers
- carbohydratesSugar-based energy compounds
- sustenanceMeans of living
diet · feed · fortify · enrich · nutrients · wholesome · hearty · filling
Supply with sustenance
- slaughterKilling for meat
- finishingBringing to completion
- feedlotLivestock fattening enclosure
- grain-fedFattened on cereals
corn-fed · cattle · hogs · poultry · geese · foie gras · veal · marbling
Fills out rounder
- bulksAppears large, imposing
- swellsEnlarges or billows
- thickensBecomes less fluid
- enlargesIncreases dimensions of
fills out · rounds out · expands · packs on · bloats · inflates · distends · accumulates
calories
Measures of food energy
- nutritionBodily use of food
- proteinsAmino acid polymers
- carbohydratesSugar-based energy compounds
sustenance · diet · feed · fortify · enrich · nutrients · wholesome · hearty · filling · nourishing
feed
Supply with sustenance
grain-fed · corn-fed · cattle · hogs · poultry · geese · foie gras · veal · marbling · butcher
plumps
Fills out rounder
enlarges · fills out · rounds out · expands · packs on · bloats · inflates · distends · accumulates · increases
feast
Elaborate ceremonial meal
overeat · splurge · treat · comfort food · decadence · sweets · seconds · helpings · stuffing · indulging
enriches
Adds quality or worth
bankroll · bottom line · margins · dividends · returns · revenue · yields · lucrative · profitable · pockets
fattensthins
Reduces density or concentration
slims · slims down · slenderizes · trims · wastes away
fattensstarves
Dies from hunger
famishes · undernourishes · malnourishes · deprives · weakens
- fatten upIncrease body mass
- fatted calfAnimal fattened for slaughter
- kill the fatted calfHonor someone's return lavishly
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