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fattening

VERB

grow or make bigger; nourish

Synonyms

STRONGEST

augment broaden build up swell

STRONG

bloat coarsen cram distend expand feed fill increase overfeed plump spread stuff thicken thrive wax

WEAK

gain weight put flesh on put on weight round out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

decrease

STRONG

contract deflate deplete lose shrink

WEAK

thin undernourish

Example Sentences

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The Victorian glasshouses nurture fattening peaches, while in the main garden beyond, a tower of water bursts up into the sky—the highest powered fountain in England.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

For example, it banned the export of live animals from Great Britain for slaughter and fattening and changed EU laws on gene editing crops.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2025

Typically, once calves reach six or eight months, they are weaned and sent to larger, industrial pastures to roam in vast herds, fattening on grass, though this pastoral interlude is a short one.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2024

Many facilities focus on just one step in the production process — producing new young, for instance, or fattening adults for slaughter — and then send the animals on.

From New York Times • May 20, 2024

Milton’s chin dipped, fattening his neck, and his eyebrows slanted in disbelief.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides