Explore Fatten through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like fat or alter. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Fatten meaning
- To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter.
- To become fat or fatter.
- To make thick or thicker (often something containing paper, especially money).
Using Fatten
- The main meaning on this page is: To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter. | To become fat or fatter. | To make thick or thicker (often something containing paper, especially money).
- Useful related words include: fat, alter, change, fatten up.
- In the example corpus, fatten often appears in combinations such as: to fatten, fatten them, fatten up.
Context around Fatten
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fatten
- In this selection, "fatten" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, helping, yourself, portfolios and student stand out and add context to how "fatten" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and would fatten these until and at least fatten them. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fatten" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fatten
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Protecting our elderly does not fatten portfolios. (7 words)
Before you tax them, at least fatten them. (8 words)
These are the same units that will fatten Redgate’s pockets for generations to come. (15 words)
These coho made it to sea as juveniles, survived to fatten and grow in the vast ocean, escaped fisheries in Alaska and Puget Sound to return — via a circuitous route through the locks — to get this far. (37 words)
Spencer’s team also found that some families would catch armadillos live and keep them in their homes to fatten them up before eating, which would also increase the likelihood of transmission between them. (34 words)
Better to shatter one’s teeth attempting to bite off Gerlachovský štít (peak) than to fatten yourself on the light of Santorini sun pouring down your face like heavenly cascades of olive oil. (33 words)
Why not fatten your take even more by charging for all the child services you’ll be giving all these little ones? (22 words)
Example sentences (18)
Before you tax them, at least fatten them.
Officials said bears in hyperphagia will spend up to 20 hours a day searching out and eating as much food as possible to fatten up for winter.
Better to shatter one’s teeth attempting to bite off Gerlachovský štít (peak) than to fatten yourself on the light of Santorini sun pouring down your face like heavenly cascades of olive oil.
The applicant also proposes to buy a minimum of 50 head of cattle at the age of 14-16 weeks old and would fatten these until 24 months.
Protecting our elderly does not fatten portfolios.
These coho made it to sea as juveniles, survived to fatten and grow in the vast ocean, escaped fisheries in Alaska and Puget Sound to return — via a circuitous route through the locks — to get this far.
Fatten student aid programs to make post-secondary education more accessible, and do more for seniors over 75. They would put serious money into fighting guns and gangs.
It also generated $US614 million in cash, helping fatten its bank account to $US5 billion through June.
Others have their beaks and claws mutilated before being force-fed in tiny cages to fatten their livers to make the expensive delicacy.
The Church’s environment commission also reacted to the project’s approval, saying that these decisions seemed to be guided by those eager to “fatten their own pockets”.
At the very least, the conservative politician and pharmacist can continue to fatten his wallet with Medicaid money.
It sharpens your focus at a time when you may still have 10 or 15 years of work left, so there’s time to fatten your savings and watch the money grow.
Spencer’s team also found that some families would catch armadillos live and keep them in their homes to fatten them up before eating, which would also increase the likelihood of transmission between them.
These are the same units that will fatten Redgate’s pockets for generations to come.
Why not fatten your take even more by charging for all the child services you’ll be giving all these little ones?
Yet another wandering bear was rounded up in Gatineau Thursday, as the city continues to experience a record level of incursions by animals looking for food to fatten up for hibernation.
Others will be purchased by re-stockers to grow out and fatten on grass or as potential breeders.
Poultry such as ducks, geese, and pigeons were captured in nets and bred on farms, where they were force-fed with dough to fatten them.
Common combinations with fatten
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to fatten 10×
- fatten them 3×
- fatten up 2×
- not fatten 2×
- fatten their 2×
- fatten your 2×