fatten up

• Verbe à particule signifiant engraisser quelqu'un ou quelque chose, souvent en augmentant la quantité de nourriture, ou augmenter la taille ou la quantité de quelque chose.

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.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Make or become fatterinformal

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

   Engraisser

   • 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.

   Synonymesbuild upfattenflesh outplump up

   Antonymesemaciateleanreduceslimthin

2. Increase in size or valueinformal

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

   Engraisser (au sens d'accroître)

   • 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.

   Synonymesaugmentbeef upboostbuild upenhanceenlargeexpandincrease

   Antonymesdecreasereduceshrink

Verbe de basefatten