Fattening Definition

adjective

That which causes weight gain; usually high calorie food with relatively little nutritive value.

I'd really love to lose weight, the trouble is, tasty deserts with stuff like whipped cream are so fattening.
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noun
The act of making something fatter.
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The act of eating a lot of food, thereby getting fatter.
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verb

Present participle of fatten.

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Noun

Singular:
fattening
Plural:
fattenings

Fattening Sentence Examples

  • This is one of the factors in its value for fattening purposes.

  • Oranges are exported to Buenos Aires, Rosario and Montevideo, and are largely used for fattening hogs.

  • Fattening pigs are fed three times a day and supplied with coal-ashes or a few handfuls of earth.

  • The rich pastoral regions where dairy-farming and the fattening of cattle are carried on with most success, viz.

  • Hyphear is useful for fattening cattle if they are hardy enough to withstand the purgative effect it produces at first; viscum is medicinally of value as an emollient, and in cases of tumour, ulcers and the like.

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