Synonyms for fatten
ˈfæt nfat·ten

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1. fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten upverb

   make fat or plump

   "We will plump out that poor starving child"

   Synonyms:
   elaborate, round out, plank, fill in, fat, expound, lucubrate, plump down, exposit, plop, go, make out, plunk, fill out, plump, eke out, fatten up, plummet, plunk down, expatiate, plonk, expand, fatten out, complete, flesh out, dilate, plump out, enlarge, pad, flump, round

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1. fattenverb

   Synonyms:
   make fat

2. fattenverb

   Synonyms:
   fertilize, make fertile

3. fattenverb

   Synonyms:
   grow fat

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1. fattenverb

   Synonyms:
   batten

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1. Paul Tabori, _The Natural Science of Stupidity_. (New York: ChiltonCompany, 1960), p. 104.:

   Modern war has decimated many a country; but it has always spawned millions of bureaucrats. They fatten on shortages and thrive on trouble. Peace can never offer such opportunities for exercising petty tyrannies, using red tape to regiment the individual and making life generally unpleasant.