Definition of FATTEN

Examples of fatten in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Then fatten up for Fat Tuesday with creole fare by Orlandeaux’s Cafe and king cake samples featuring colorful confections from Shreveport-Bossier City bakeries. — Dallas News, "12 fun things to do the week of Jan. 17-23 in Dallas-Fort Worth," 16 Jan. 2020 Because antibiotics are routinely mixed into pig and cattle and poultry feed to protect and fatten the animals, animal ag promotes antibiotic resistance, which is projected to cause ten million deaths a year by 2050. — Tad Friend, The New Yorker, "Can a Burger Help Solve Climate Change?," 23 Sep. 2019 And, with three non-conference games left, Minnesota could still fatten up on AFC opponents. — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, "NFL midseason report cards: 32 things we learned while grading the teams," 31 Oct. 2019 Their venture involves gathering large numbers of purple urchins from overrun areas, fattening them up in tanks, and then selling them to restaurants. — Smithsonian, "Can Eating Sea Urchins Help Revive Kelp Forests?," 21 Sep. 2019 Despite such questions, the development council has repeatedly fattened Al Jihad’s contract, agreeing in a series of add-ons to pay the company an additional $161 million to upgrade and expand the operation, without opening the process to new bids. — New York Times, "To Make Sense of Lebanon’s Protests, Follow the Garbage," 3 Dec. 2019 Floyd will pad his 50-0 record and fatten his bank account. — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, "Why Floyd Mayweather's comeback is about more than just money," 22 Nov. 2019 Then there were the fencing coaches’ charities, fattened with Zhao’s cash, and the quiet Virginia land deal. — BostonGlobe.com, "train its athletic personnel," 10 Nov. 2019 Also present were crabs, grenadier fish, bristle worms, sea pigs and a big squat lobster—possibly fattened up from a feast at the skeleton, one scientist joked. — Rachael Lallensack, Smithsonian, "Watch Marine Life Feast On a Complete Whale Skeleton On the Ocean Floor," 16 Oct. 2019

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