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Definition of Fatten up
1. Verb. Make fat or plump. "We will plump out that poor starving child"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Entails: Feed, Give
Derivative terms: Fat, Fat
Definition of Fatten up
1. Verb. (transitive) To cause to gain weight by means of feeding. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fatten Up
Literary usage of Fatten up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1893)
"Wo make butter and cheese, and we fatten up our poultry, and then we go to market
and sell our butter, cheese, and poultry." "Well," said Hieronymus ..."
2. Agriculture for Young Folks: Prepared Especially for Teaching Elementary by Archie Dell Wilson, Eva Ward Wilson (1910)
"If she hate raised but one litter, which is the practice on most farms, she will
have had the whole fall to fatten up, and very little grain ..."
3. The Modern English Verb-adverb Combination by Arthur Garfield Kennedy (1920)
"... dust up, fatten up, fit up, fix' up 'to adorn,' flesh up 'to put on flesh,'
flush up, fluster up, freeze up (but thaw out), freshen up, ..."
4. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1854)
"But there was to be a cattle fair at Avranches, and he needed a barren cow to
fatten up and salt for the winter's provisions. Accordingly, the large-boned ..."
5. Marvels of the New West: A Vivid Portrayal of the Stupendous Marvels in the by William Makepeace Thayer (1887)
"... hold their wn on the grass, and fatten up very fast as soon as the green grass
jmes in the spring. Those that are used in the winter require jme grain. ..."
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