fatten out

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour décrire le fait de rendre quelque chose plus épais, plus plein ou plus substantiel, que ce soit au sens physique ou figuré.

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

indénombrable · transitif et intransitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Become physically largerinformal

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

   prendre du volume

   • 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.

   Synonymesfill outplump upswellthicken

   Antonymesleanslimthin

2. Increase in size or volumeinformal

   To make something thicker, fuller, or more substantial.

   épaissir, gonfler

   • 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.

   Synonymesaugmentenlargeexpandfattenfill outplump upswellthicken

   Antonymesreduceshrinkslimthin

Verbe de basefatten