fattens

Definition of fattensnext
present tense third-person singular of fatten

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Verb
  • The event fills India Street with more than 250 visual artists, interactive art for families, four music stages and food vendors.
    Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
  • After four years in theater, Dorian has grown from struggling to project to the kind of student who lights up the stage and fills the room with is laughter and voice.
    Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Each has a meltdown worthy of a telenovela, messes with the crime scene and hours later the police are called.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
  • In Lost Lambs, the internet sabotages a family in much the same way that Napoleon messes things up for the Bezukhovs in Tolstoy’s War and Peace.
    Gideon Leek, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
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“Fattens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fattens. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.

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