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fattening

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fat·ten  (ftn)
v. fat·tened, fat·ten·ing, fat·tens
v.tr.
1. To make plump or fat.
2. To fertilize (land).
3. To increase the amount or substance of: fatten one's bank account.
v.intr.
To grow fat or fatter.

fatten·er n.
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Adj.1.fattening - subject to or used in the process of finishing or fattening up for slaughter; "a fattening hog"; "fattening pens"
finished - (of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state; "a finished product"
Translations
fattening [ˈfætnɪŋ] adj [food] → qui fait grossir;
chocolate is fattening → le chocolat fait grossir


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Another twice as big as ours which they breed to kill, fattening them with the milk of three or four cows.
Meanwhile, upon questioning him in his broken fashion, Queequeg gave me to understand that, in his land, owing to the absence of settees and sofas of all sorts, the king, chiefs, and great people generally, were in the custom of fattening some of the lower orders for ottomans; and to furnish a house comfortably in that respect, you had only to buy up eight or ten lazy fellows, and lay them round in the piers and alcoves.
How many years have you been fattening on the commune?
 
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