fatten up

Verb

Meaning

make fat or plump

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

fat fill out plump fatten flesh out plump out fatten out plumping develop grow feed stuff amplify nourish build up
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Antonyms

thin narrow slim delineate attenuate circumscribe
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Hypernyms

change alter modify

Examples

We will plump out that poor starving child Source: Internet

Compounding fiscal problems this budget season are a "loss" of $3.7 million in anticipated revenue, the recent revaluation which about doubled home values, and the dire need to fatten up the bulimic pension fund. Source: Internet

As summer winds down, bears normally eat anything they can to fatten up for winter hibernation. Source: Internet

We fatten up all creatures to feed ourselves and we fatten ourselves for the maggots when we are dead. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

fatten fatten out fatten the curve fattenable fattened fattened up