fatten meaning
EN
[ˈfætən] - VerbSGfattensPRfatteningPT, PPfattenedSUF-en
- (intransitive) To become fatter.
- He gradually fattened in the five years after getting married.
- (transitive) To cause to be fatter.
- We must fatten the turkey in time for Thanksgiving.
- (transitive) To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich.
- to fatten land
- (intransitive) To become fatter.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- I visited my mom for a month, and she managed to fatten me up 20 pounds.
- My cat looks underweight, so I'll fatten him up with higher calorie cat food.
- He gradually fattened in the five years after getting married.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of fatten in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Morphemes
- Suffixes
- Words by suffix
- Words suffixed with -en
- Words suffixed with -en
- Words by suffix
- Suffixes
- Verbs
- Ergative verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Ergative verbs
- Morphemes
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "fatten" is a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe. It's also a verb, more specifically, an ergative verb, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.