fatten out

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar o processo de tornar algo mais grosso, cheio, volumoso ou substancial, frequentemente em sentido físico ou figurado.

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

incontável · transitivo e intransitivo · phrasal, separável

1. Become physically largerinformal

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

   Engordar

   • 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.

   Sinônimosfill outplump upswellthicken

   Antônimosleanslimthin

2. Increase in size or volumeinformal

   To make something thicker, fuller, or more substantial.

   Aumentar em tamanho ou volume

   • 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.

   Sinônimosaugmentenlargeexpandfattenfill outplump upswellthicken

   Antônimosreduceshrinkslimthin

Verbo basefatten