Grow+fat

  • 81batten — I bat•ten [[t]ˈbæt n[/t]] n. 1) bui a small board or strip of wood used for various building purposes, as to cover joints between boards, reinforce doors, or supply a foundation for lath 2) naut. navig. a) a strip of wood used to keep a sail flat …

    From formal English to slang

  • 82жиреть — ЖИРЕТЬ, несов. (сов. ожиреть и разжиреть). Становиться (стать) очень толстым, тучным, жирным, приобретая лишний вес; Син.: грузнеть, толстеть, тучнеть; Ант.: худеть [impf. to fatten, become fatter, grow fat; to get tubby; to get stout(ish)]. Этот …

    Большой толковый словарь русских глаголов

  • 83тучнеть — ТУЧНЕТЬ, несов. (сов. потучнеть и отучнеть). Становиться (стать) очень толстым (тучным), упитанным, набирая вес; Син.: Разг. грузнеть [impf. to fatten, grow fat, put on flesh]. Считается, что человек, часто пьющий пиво, может тучнеть и даже… …

    Большой толковый словарь русских глаголов

  • 84bhlei-2 —     bhlei 2     English meaning: to swell     Deutsche Übersetzung: “aufblasen, schwellen, strotzen, ũberfließen”     Note: extension from bhel ds.     Material: Nor. dial. bleime, O.S. blēma “ bleb on the skin “ (compare Nor. bläema ds. under… …

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  • 85batten — batten1 [bat′ n] n. [var. of BATON] 1. a sawed strip of wood, flooring, etc. 2. a strip of wood put over a seam between boards as a fastening or covering 3. a short piece of wood or plastic inserted in a sail to keep it taut 4. a strip of steel… …

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  • 86inspissate — [in spis′āt΄] vt., vi. inspissated, inspissating [< LL inspissatus, thick < L in , in + spissatus, pp. of spissare, to thicken < spissus, thick < IE base * spei , to flourish, grow fat > SPEED, Ger speck, bacon] to thicken, as by… …

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  • 87burnish —  to BURNISH, to grow fat or increase in flesh, look jolly, or rosy. Ex moor …

    A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

  • 88feed —  to feed, to grow fat : he feeds surprisingly ; he is much fed o late. N …

    A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

  • 89pinguefy — ˈpiŋgwəˌfī verb ( ed/ ing/ es) Etymology: Latin pinguefacere, from pingue (as in pinguescere to grow fat) + facere to make more at do archaic : fatten …

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  • 90wood|chuck — «WUD CHUHK», noun. a thick set North American mammal with short legs and a bushy tail; ground hog. It is a kind of marmot. Woodchucks grow fat in summer and sleep in their holes in the ground all winter. ╂[American English, alteration (influenced …

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