In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
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
Word of the Day
16 November 2024
LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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