fatten

1. (transitive)To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter.

   We must fatten the turkey in time for Thanksgiving.

   mästen

   отка́рмливатьotkármlivatʹ, откорми́тьotkormítʹ

   відгодо́вуватиvidhodóvuvaty, відгодува́тиvidhoduváty

2. (intransitive)To become fat or fatter.

   He gradually fattened in the five years after getting married.

   dick werden, dicker werden, fett werden

   толсте́тьtolstétʹ, потолсте́тьpotolstétʹ, жире́тьžirétʹ

   make fat or plump

3. (transitive)To make thick or thicker (often something containing paper, especially money).

4. (intransitive)To become thick or thicker.

5. (transitive)To make (soil) fertile and fruitful.

   to fatten land

6. (intransitive)To become fertile and fruitful.

1. You should cut down on the amount of fattening food that you eat.

   deSie sollten ihren Konsum fetthaltiger Speisen einschränken.

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2. Is eating potatoes fattening?

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3. Is bread really fattening?

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4. The owner's eye fattens the horse.

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5. Acorns are excellent food to fatten pigs.

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