FATTEN (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) UP

Meaning of FATTEN (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) UP in English

fatten somebody/something ↔ up phrasal verb ( see also ↑ fatten )

to make a person or animal fatter:

My parents are always trying to fatten me up.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

SOMEBODY — alcun, alqui; (acc.) alquem
English interlingue dictionary
FATTEN — ingrassar, far (devenir) grass
English interlingue dictionary
FATTEN — verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: circa 1552 transitive verb 1. to make fat, fleshy, or plump, to make more substantial, to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOMEBODY — I. ˈsəmˌbädē, -(ˌ)bədē, -di pronoun Etymology: Middle English sum body, from sum, som some + body : one or some …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FATTEN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FATTEN — (v. i.) To grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; to be pampered.
Английский словарь Webster
FATTEN — (v. t.) To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as, to fatten land; to fatten fields with blood.
Английский словарь Webster
FATTEN — (v. t.) To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to …
Английский словарь Webster
UP
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FATTEN — — fattenable , adj. — fattener , n. /fat"n/ , v.t. 1. to make fat. 2. to feed (animals) abundantly …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FATTEN — v. become fat, put on weight; make fat
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOMEBODY — I. ˈsəm-(ˌ)bə-dē, -ˌbä- pronoun Date: 14th century : one or some person of unspecified or indefinite identity somebody will come …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FATTEN — verb ( fat·tened ; fat·ten·ing ˈfat-niŋ, ˈfa-tə-niŋ) Date: circa 1552 transitive verb 1. a. : to make fat, fleshy, or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
SOMEBODY — noun a person of consideration or importance. 2. somebody ·noun a person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person.
Webster English vocab
FATTEN — vi to grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; to be pampered. 2. fatten ·vt to make …
Webster English vocab
FATTEN — ■ verb make or become fat or fatter.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SOMEBODY — [some.body] pron (14c): one or some person of unspecified or indefinite identity "~ will come in" [2]somebody n (ca. 1566): …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FATTEN — [fat.ten] vb fat.tened ; fat.ten.ing vt (1552) 1 a: to make fat, fleshy, or plump; esp: to feed (as a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOMEBODY — somebody BrE AmE ˈsʌm bəd i -ˌbɒd- -ˌbɑːd- —There is also a casual form ˈsʌm di
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FATTEN — fatten BrE AmE ˈfæt ə n ▷ fatten|ed d ▷ fatten|er/s ‿ə/z AmE \ ə r/z ▷ fatten|ing ‿ɪŋ ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMETHING — / ˈsʌmθɪŋ; NAmE / pronoun , adverb ■ pronoun 1. a thing that is not known or mentioned by name …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEBODY — / ˈsʌmbədi; NAmE / pronoun = someone : Somebody should have told me. She thinks she's really somebody in that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FATTEN — / ˈfætn; NAmE / verb fatten (sb/sth) up to make sb/sth fatter, especially an animal before killing it for food; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMETHING
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMEBODY — I. some ‧ bod ‧ y 1 S1 W3 /ˈsʌmbɒdi, -bədi $ -bɑːdi, -bədi/ BrE AmE pronoun used to mean …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FATTEN — fat ‧ ten /ˈfætn/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ fat , ↑ fattening , ↑ fatty …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOMEBODY — pron. & n. --pron. some person. --n. (pl. -ies) a person of importance (is really somebody now).
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FATTEN — v. 1 tr. & intr. (esp. with ref. to meat-producing animals) make or become fat. 2 tr. enrich (soil).
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOMEBODY — pron. & n. pron. some person. n. (pl. -ies) a person of importance (is really somebody now).
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOMEBODY — pron. & n. --pron. some person. --n. (pl. -ies) a person of importance (is really somebody now).
Oxford English vocab
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMETHING — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use something to refer to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEBODY — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Somebody means the same as someone . …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FATTEN — ( fattens, fattening, fattened) 1. If an animal is fattened , or if it fattens , it becomes fatter as …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEBODY — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Somebody means the same as someone . …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FATTEN — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) 1. If an animal is ~ed, or if it ~s, it becomes fatter as a result of …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
UP
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMETHING — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES ... or anything/something spoken (= or something of the same kind ) ▪ Would you …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEBODY — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A white person was by definition somebody . ▪ Which just goes to prove, you …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FATTEN — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB up ▪ They fattened up quickly and were ready for re-sale at Norwich within …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMETHING — [pronoun] - an object, situation, quality or action which is not exactly known or statedThere's something sharp in my shoe.Something …
Cambridge English vocab
UP — Synonyms and related words : above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FATTEN — Synonyms and related words : acculturate, add to, advance, aggrandize, aliment, ameliorate, amend, amplify, augment, batten, become overweight, better, bloom, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOMEBODY — n. Function: pronoun one or some individual of no certain or known identity FF1C; somebody should be home FF1E; Synonyms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SOMEBODY — I. pronoun one or some individual of no certain or known identity somebody should be home Synonyms: someone Related Word: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
FATTEN — verb Fatten is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ pig
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
UP — INDEX: 1. moving up to a higher place 2. looking, facing, or pointing upwards 3. to move upwards through the …
Longman Activator English vocab
SOMEBODY — n. 25B6; noun she wanted to be a somebody : IMPORTANT PERSON, VIP, public figure, notable, dignitary, worthy; someone, (big/household) …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FATTEN — v. 25B6; verb fattening livestock : MAKE FAT/FATTER, feed (up), build up. we're sending her home to fatten up : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOMEBODY — pron. 1 one, someone, some person There must be somebody who will take you to the dance n. 2 personage, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SOMEBODY — pronoun BAD : She hadn't seen somebody for over a week. GOOD : She hadn't seen anybody for over a …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
UP — 1. нареч. 1) вверх по, по направлению к 2) вдоль по; вглубь 3) против (течения, ветра и т. п.) 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOMETHING — 1. мест.; неопред.; как сущ. кое-что, нечто, что-нибудь, что-то; до некоторой степени He is something of an artist. ≈ Он …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOMEBODY — 1. мест.; неопред. кто-нибудь, кто-то Somebody is knocking at the door. ≈ Кто-то стучит в дверь. Syn : anybody, someone …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FATTEN — гл. 1) а) откармливать на убой (тж. fatten out) The farmer is fattening up the chickens for Christmas. ≈ Этот …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
UP — 1. ʌp n 1. поезд, автобус и т. п. , идущий в большой город, в столицу или на север 2. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SOMETHING — something.ogg 1. ʹsʌmθıŋ n 1. какая-л. должность, какое-л. положение ( где-л. ) he is something in the Record Office - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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