fatten

Example Sentences

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And I was mindful to do a good job with the marketing for Mrs. Wigginbottom—and leave time to barter biscuits for more newspapers and fatten up that orange tomcat on the back porch.

From Literature

Feeders are ranchers who own feedlots where they fatten cattle and sell them to meatpackers.

From The Wall Street Journal

They arrived at the start of December at Smithfield Common in the City of London, where they were rested and fattened up for Christmas.

From BBC

"I am thinking of setting up a new unit with my son for fattening calves," he says.

From BBC

They are used to supply farms where they are fattened up for sale in Asia where eels are a highly sought delicacy.

From Barron's