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fatten out

/ˈfæt.ən aʊt/

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verb

/ˈfæt.ən aʊt/C1formal
  • ruФразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения процесса придания чему-либо большей толщины, полноты или существенности, часто в физическом или переносном смысле.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the process of making something thicker, fuller, or more substantial, often in a physical or figurative sense.

uncountable · transitive and intransitive · phrasal, separable

  1. Become physically largerinformal

    To become fatter or thicker, especially in a specific area of the body.

    ruРасполнеть

    • He started to fatten out after he stopped exercising.
    • The puppy began to fatten out as it grew older.
    • She noticed her waistline starting to fatten out.

    Synonymsfill outplump upswellthicken

    Antonymsleanslimthin

  2. Increase in size or volumeinformal

    To make something thicker, fuller, or more substantial.

    ruУвеличить в размере или объёме

    • The chef added cream to fatten out the sauce.
    • We need to fatten out the report with more data.
    • The company plans to fatten out its product line.

    Synonymsaugmentenlargeexpandfattenfill outplump upswellthicken

    Antonymsreduceshrinkslimthin

Forms
  • fattened out past participle
  • fattened out past simple
  • fattening out present participle
  • fattens out third person singular

Base verbfatten

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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