Fatten

fatten
    v 1: make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving
         child" [syn: {fatten}, {fat}, {flesh out}, {fill out},
         {plump}, {plump out}, {fatten out}, {fatten up}]
    

Fatten \Fat"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fattened}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Fattening}.] [See {Fat}, v. t.]
   1. To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or
      plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.
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   2. To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as, to fatten
      land; to fatten fields with blood. --Dryden.
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Fatten \Fat"ten\, v. i.
   To grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; to
   be pampered.
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         And villains fatten with the brave man's labor.
                                                  --Otway.
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112 Moby Thesaurus words for "fatten":
      acculturate, add to, advance, aggrandize, aliment, ameliorate,
      amend, amplify, augment, batten, become overweight, better, bloom,
      blossom, boom, boost, breast-feed, breed, bring forward, broaden,
      build, build up, civilize, culture, dress, dry-nurse, edify,
      educate, elevate, emend, engross, enhance, enlarge, enlighten,
      enrich, exalt, expand, extend, farm, fat, fatten up, favor,
      fecundify, feed, fertilize, fill out, flourish, flower, force-feed,
      forward, foster, fructify, gain weight, gather flesh, go straight,
      grow, grow fat, grow thick, hatch, hike, hike up, impregnate,
      improve, improve upon, incrassate, increase, inflate, inseminate,
      inspissate, jack up, jump up, keep, lactate, lard, lengthen, lift,
      make an improvement, manure, maximize, meliorate, mend, nourish,
      nurse, nurture, nutrify, parlay, pinguefy, plump, prolificate,
      promote, put on weight, put up, pyramid, raise, ranch, rear,
      refine upon, reform, run, socialize, straighten out, stuff, suckle,
      thick, thicken, thrive, transfigure, transform, up, upgrade,
      uplift, wet-nurse