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What is the verb for fat?

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fatten
  1. (intransitive) To become fatter.
  2. (transitive) To cause to be fatter.
  3. (transitive) To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “I have bought bushels of corn and some peas, and I am going to fatten the calves myself.”
      “As the pigs begin to fatten and approach their final days before slaughter, a realization of the surprising intelligence and individual personalities of her swine begins to haunt and agonize her.”
      “The underground parts of ginger will lengthen and fatten over time.”
fat
  1. (transitive, archaic) To make fat; to fatten.
  2. (intransitive, archaic) To become fat; to fatten.
fattening
fattened
  1. simple past tense and past participle of fatten; fatted
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Prodigal servings of pure saturated color are fattened further with a rich welter of tints, tones and shades.”
      “Instead of sending them to feedlots to be fattened on grain, farmers are keeping animals home on the range.”
      “By the 16th century the British wild boar had become rare, and pigs, specially fattened on whey, were used instead.”
fattens
fatteneth
  1. (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fatten
fattenest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of fatten
fatting
  1. present participle of fat
  2. Examples:
    1. “Effects of added dietary fat on fatty acid composition and carcass characteristics of fatting steers.”
      “However, after almost 10 years of fatting efficiency and revenue in Pemex, with only one in four of its business units registering a profit, change is urgently required.”
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