transcription, транскрипция: [ fæt(ə)n ]
( fattens, fattening, fattened)
1.
If an animal is fattened , or if it fattens , it becomes fatter as a result of eating more.
The cattle are being fattened for slaughter...
The creature continued to grow and fatten.
VERB : be V-ed , V , also V n
2.
If you say that someone is fattening something such as a business or its profits, you mean that they are increasing the value of the business or its profits, in a way that you disapprove of. ( BUSINESS )
They have kept the price of sugar artificially high and so fattened the company’s profits.
VERB : V n [ disapproval ]
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Fatten up means the same as fatten .
The Government is making the taxpayer pay to fatten up a public sector business for private sale.
PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , also V n P