FATTENING
fattening
(adjective) subject to or used in the process of finishing or fattening up for slaughter; “a fattening hog”; “fattening pens”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
fattening (comparative more fattening, superlative most fattening)
That causes weight gain; often of high calorie food with relatively little nutritive value.
Antonyms
• slimming
Noun
fattening (plural fattenings)
The act of making something fatter, particularly in reference or allusion to livestock.
The act of becoming fatter.
Verb
fattening
present participle of fatten
Source: Wiktionary
FATTEN
Fat"ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fattened; p. pr. & vb. n. Fattining.] Etym: [See Fat, v. t.]
1. To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.
2. To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as, to fatten land; to fatten fields with blood. Dryden.
Fat"ten, v. i.
Definition: To grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; to be pampered. And villains fatten with the brave man's labor. Otway.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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