fatten
IPA: fˈætʌn
verb
- (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter.
- (intransitive, of a person or animal) To become fat or fatter.
- (transitive) To make thick or thicker (something containing paper, often money).
- (intransitive) To become thick or thicker.
- (transitive) To make (soil) fertile and fruitful.
- (intransitive) To become fertile and fruitful.
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Examples of "fatten" in Sentences
- Insurance firms also fatten their bottom lines by denying more claims.
- Since you're trying to "fatten" her up a little, I hope you don't benefit from the same.
- The assumption is made that only executives and share holders are seeking to fatten their wallets.
- He was feeding fish to crabs to fatten them and getting a good economic return from selling the crabs.
- Executives and stockholders who rely on large profits to fatten their own wallets cannot admit this of course.
- Extreme paternalism is a parasite sucking on a dry host, it will tend to allow some capitalism to fatten up its victim.
- How can you have an effective health care system based on denying care as much as possible to fatten a company's bottom line?!? matt
- The last 20% just says 'give private companies more money and fatten them up with profits while taking all regulations off so that they can abuse customers more.'
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