fatten synonyms

fatten

v.

  1. To grow fat

    expand, swell, fill out, gain weight; see grow 1.

  2. To make fat

    feed, stuff, prepare for market, plump, cram, fill, round one out, augment.

    Antonyms starve*, reduce*, constrict.

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