Fattened

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fatten \Fat"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fattened}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Fattening}.] [See {Fat}, v. t.]
     1. To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or
        plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as, to fatten
        land; to fatten fields with blood. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  fattened \fattened\ adj.
     fed until grown and ready for slaughter or for sale in the
     market; -- of market animals.
     [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fattened
       adj : (of market animals) made ready for market