fatten up

• Partikelverb, das das Mästen von jemandem oder etwas bezeichnet, oft durch vermehrte Nahrungszufuhr, oder allgemein das Vergrößern von Umfang oder Menge.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of making someone or something fatter, often by feeding them more, or to increase the size or quantity of something.

unzählbar · transitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. Make or become fatterinformal

   To cause an animal or person to gain weight, often for health or market purposes.

   Mästen

   • The farmer is fattening up the pigs for market.
   • She is trying to fatten up her skinny cat with extra food.
   • They fattened up the cattle before the winter.

   Synonymebuild upfattenflesh outplump up

   Antonymeemaciateleanreduceslimthin

2. Increase in size or valueinformal

   To make something larger, more substantial, or more profitable.

   Vergrößern

   • The company is fattening up its portfolio with new acquisitions.
   • He fattened up his savings account by working overtime.
   • The investor fattened up his returns by selling at the right time.

   Synonymeaugmentbeef upboostbuild upenhanceenlargeexpandincrease

   Antonymedecreasereduceshrink

Grundverbfatten