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Definition: Fattening |
FatteningAdjective1. Subject to or used in the process of finishing or fattening up for slaughter; "a fattening hog"; "fattening pens". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fattening" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references) |
Crosswords: Fattening |
| English words defined with "fattening": Battable ♦ feeder ♦ Sagination. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fattening": Air ♦ CAVANILLESIA PLATANIFOLIA ♦ Fed cattle ♦ ovine or caprine animals for breeding and fattening ♦ sideslipping. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "fattening": Caponiere ♦ Saim. (references) |
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Screenplays | Marge is right, sugar is not only fattening but it's also terribly, terribly addictive. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Yampa River Valley, Colorado. Fattening Hereford beef cattle.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Fattening Hereford feeder cattle. Lincoln, Nebraska.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Yampa River Valley, Colorado. Fattening Hereford beef cattle.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Feeding and fattening hereford cattle on a Witwer farm. Mr. Witwer owns several large dairy and cattle farms, and a chain of grocery stores. Near Cedar Rapids, Iowa.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Alexander Woollcott | All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal, or fattening. |
Joel Chandler Harris | Watch out when you're getting all you want. Fattening hogs ain't in luck. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Also, contrary to popular belief, carbohydrates are not highly fattening when eaten in moderate amounts and without the rich sauces and toppings often added. (references) | |
Economic History | Israel | Estimated live calf imports in 2001 total close to 100,000. Of these, the majority were for fattening. (references) |
Israel | Note: The increase in domestic production is the result of imports of young calves for fattening and slaughter. (references) | |
Egypt | Poultry is the largest consumer of yellow corn is used in poultry feed, but beef and particularly buffalo fattening has also been expanding substantially. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | AIR, n. A nutritious substance supplied by a bountiful Providence for the fattening of the poor. |
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| "Fattening" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 88.06% of the time. "Fattening" is used about 67 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 88.06% | 59 | 44,010 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 7.46% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.49% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (singular) | 1.49% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 1.49% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 67 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "fattening": fattening pig ♦ non fattening ♦ ovine or caprine animals for breeding and fattening ♦ that's fattening. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "fattening": fattening-up. | |
Ending with "fattening": beef-fattening, non-fattening. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
fattening up woman | 50 | fattening room | 4 |
fattening food | 13 | fattening portal | 4 |
fattening | 8 | fattening pasta | 3 |
fattening woman | 7 | fattening watermelon | 3 |
fattening german portal | 7 | fattening grape | 2 |
fattening food most | 6 | fattening girl | 2 |
banana fattening | 5 | fattening fun up woman | 2 |
fattening fruit | 5 | chinese fattening food | 2 |
beer fattening | 5 | avocado fattening | 2 |
fattening up | 5 | fattening popcorn | 2 |
belly fattening male pic | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "fattening"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | që të sjell shëndet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تسمين, تخصيب (fertilization, fertilizing, impregnation, insemination). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | угояване. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 肥胖 (FAT, Fatten, Fattened, Obese). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vykrmování, tuèný (bold, fat, fatty, greasy, plump), krmení (feed, feeding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | opfedning. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vetweiderij. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | teurasankan kasvatus (fattening of young ducks), syöttökarja (cattle kept for fattening), syöttöelukka (cattle kept for fattening), lihasika (bacon pig, baconer, bacon-type swine, fattener, fattening pig, feeding pig, heavy baconer, heavy pig, meat-type pig, meat-type swine, pig, pork pig, porker, runner, slaughter pig, store, store pig, young pig), lihakarjan ruokinta kotoisilla rehuilla (fattening on home-grown feed), lihakarjan kotovarainen ruokinta (fattening on home-grown feed), lihakarjan kasvatus kotoisilla rehuilla (fattening on home-grown feed), kuusipeuran kasvatus (fallow fattening). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | engraissement (growth factor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | mast (antenna mast, feed, mast, pole, post, pylon, standard, tower, transmission tower, transmission-line tower), mästend (cramming, fatting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πάχυνση (bodying, thickening), ενίσχυση με λίπος. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לעיט" (stuffing), פטום (fattened, filled, mixed, stuffed, stuffing), אביס" (stalling), "שמ " (adiposity, growing fat, lubrication, obesity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hizlaló. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | menggemukkan (fatten up, fertilise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | reingrassamento, ingrasso (grow-out), ingrassamento (mast). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 肥育 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ひいく. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 살찜. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | roauyraghey (fatten, fill out, thicken, thicken as wool, thickening), roauyragh (fat person, fatness), beiyaghey (feed), beeghey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atteningfay engorda. (various references) îngrãşare (manuring). (various references) откорм скота. (various references) to goji (that's fattening). (various references) reengrasado, invernada, engorde, engordante, engordador, ceba (mast). (various references) fettbildande. (various references) yağlandırma, yağlama (anointment, greasing, incense, lubrication), yağ bağlatan, şişmanlatan. (various references) відгодівля. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words ending with "fattening": nonfattening. (additional references) | |
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"Fattening" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fatenning, fattenings, fattenning, fattering, fattning, fittening. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fattening" (pronounced fa"tuning or fa"tning) |
| 6 | -a" t u n i ng | battening, flattening. |
| 5 | -t u n i ng | brightening, disheartening, enlightening, frightening, heartening, heightening, lightening, shortening, straightening, sweetening, threatening, tightening, whitening. |
| 4 | -u n i ng | abandoning, apportioning, auctioning, auditioning, awakening, bargaining, beckoning, blackening, bludgeoning, broadening, burdening, burgeoning, captioning, cautioning, championing, cheapening, christening, coarsening, commissioning, conditioning, cushioning, dampening, darkening, deadening, deafening, decommissioning, deepening, determining, disciplining, disillusioning, envisioning, examining, fashioning, fastening, freshening, functioning, gardening, glistening, happening, hardening, hastening, imagining, imprisoning, jettisoning, leavening, lengthening, lessening, likening, listening, loosening, maddening, malfunctioning, margining, mentioning, motioning, opening, orphaning, pardoning, partitioning, petitioning, poisoning, positioning, provisioning, questioning, quickening, rationing, reasoning, reawakening, reckoning, reconditioning, reexamining, reopening, repositioning, ripening, ruining, saddening, sanctioning, seasoning, sectioning, sharpening, sickening, siphoning, slackening, softening, stationing, stiffening, strengthening, summoning, thickening, toughening, unquestioning, vacationing, weakening, widening, worsening. |
| 3 | -n i ng | abstaining, adjoining, adjourning, aligning, ascertaining, assigning, attaining, awning, ballooning, banning, beginning, bemoaning, binning, boning, branning, brining, Browning, burning, campaigning, caning, Canning, careening, cartooning, chaining, chaperoning, churning, cleaning, cloning, clowning, cocooning, coining, combining, complaining, concerning, condoning, confining, conning, constraining, containing, convening, Corning, couponing, crooning, crowning, cunning, dawning, declining, defining, demeaning, Denning, designing, detaining, dining, Dinning, discerning, disdaining, divining, donning, Downing, draining, droning, drowning, Dunning, Durning, earning, enjoining, entertaining, evening, explaining, fanning, fawning, feigning, fining, finning, frowning, gaining, ginning, governing, greening, grinning, groaning, gunning, headlining, honing, Horning, housecleaning, impugning, inning, intertwining, intervening, intoning, ironing, jawboning, joining, Kenning, leaning, learning, lightning, lining, loaning, machining, maintaining, Manning, meaning, midmorning, mining, moaning, morning, mourning, obtaining, opining, ordaining, outlining, overrunning, overtraining, overturning, owning, panning, penning, pertaining, phoning, pining, pinning, planning, postponing, preening, preplanning, pruning, quarantining, raining, realigning, reassigning, reclining, redefining, redesigning, redlining, refining, refraining, regaining, reigning, reining, rejoining, relearning, remaining, rerunning, resigning, restraining, retaining, retraining, returning, rezoning, running, scanning, screening, shining, shunning, signing, sinning, spanning, spawning, spinning, spurning, staining, stoning, straining, streamlining, stunning, sunning, sustaining, swooning, tanning, telephoning, thinning, toning, training, tuning, turning, twining, underlining, undermining, underpinning, unreasoning, Vining, waning, warning, weaning, whining, wining, winning, yawning, yearning, zoning. |
| 4 | -t n i ng | lightning. |
| 3 | -n i ng | abandoning, abstaining, adjoining, adjourning, aligning, apportioning, ascertaining, assigning, attaining, auctioning, auditioning, awakening, awning, ballooning, banning, bargaining, battening, beckoning, beginning, bemoaning, binning, blackening, bludgeoning, boning, branning, brightening, brining, broadening, Browning, burdening, burgeoning, burning, campaigning, caning, Canning, captioning, careening, cartooning, cautioning, chaining, championing, chaperoning, cheapening, christening, churning, cleaning, cloning, clowning, coarsening, cocooning, coining, combining, commissioning, complaining, concerning, conditioning, condoning, confining, conning, constraining, containing, convening, Corning, couponing, crooning, crowning, cunning, cushioning, dampening, darkening, dawning, deadening, deafening, declining, decommissioning, deepening, defining, demeaning, Denning, designing, detaining, determining, dining, Dinning, discerning, disciplining, disdaining, disheartening, disillusioning, divining, donning, Downing, draining, droning, drowning, Dunning, Durning, earning, enjoining, enlightening, entertaining, envisioning, evening, examining, explaining, fanning, fashioning, fastening, fawning, feigning, fining, finning, flattening, freshening, frightening, frowning, functioning, gaining, gardening, ginning, glistening, governing, greening, grinning, groaning, gunning, happening, hardening, hastening, headlining, heartening, heightening, honing, Horning, housecleaning, imagining, imprisoning, impugning, inning, intertwining, intervening, intoning, ironing, jawboning, jettisoning, joining, Kenning, leaning, learning, leavening, lengthening, lessening, lightening, likening, lining, listening, loaning, loosening, machining, maddening, maintaining, malfunctioning, Manning, margining, meaning, mentioning, midmorning, mining, moaning, morning, motioning, mourning, obtaining, opening, opining, ordaining, orphaning, outlining, overrunning, overtraining, overturning, owning, panning, pardoning, partitioning, penning, pertaining, petitioning, phoning, pining, pinning, planning, poisoning, positioning, postponing, preening, preplanning, provisioning, pruning, quarantining, questioning, quickening, raining, rationing, realigning, reasoning, reassigning, reawakening, reckoning, reclining, reconditioning, redefining, redesigning, redlining, reexamining, refining, refraining, regaining, reigning, reining, rejoining, relearning, remaining, reopening, repositioning, rerunning, resigning, restraining, retaining, retraining, returning, rezoning, ripening, ruining, running, saddening, sanctioning, scanning, screening, seasoning, sectioning, sharpening, shining, shortening, shunning, sickening, signing, sinning, siphoning, slackening, softening, spanning, spawning, spinning, spurning, staining, stationing, stiffening, stoning, straightening, straining, streamlining, strengthening, stunning, summoning, sunning, sustaining, sweetening, swooning, tanning, telephoning, thickening, thinning, threatening, tightening, toning, toughening, training, tuning, turning, twining, underlining, undermining, underpinning, unquestioning, unreasoning, vacationing, Vining, waning, warning, weakening, weaning, whining, whitening, widening, wining, winning, worsening, yawning, yearning, zoning. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-g-i-n-n-t-t" | |
-2 letters: anteing, antigen, fatting, fetting, gentian, infante, netting, tangent, tenting. | |
-3 letters: anting, eating, fating, fatten, feting, gannet, infant, ingate, innate, intent, tenant. | |
-4 letters: agent, anent, entia, fagin, faint, feign, feint, ganef, giant, inane, taint, tenia, tinea, tinge, titan. | |
-5 letters: agin, ante, anti, etna, fain, fane, fang, fate, feat, feta, fiat, fine, gaen, gain, gait, gane. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-g-i-n-n-t-t" | |
+1 letter: flattening. | |
+2 letters: festinating. | |
+3 letters: nonfattening, transfecting, unflattering. | |
+4 letters: fianchettoing, fragmentating, fragmentation, intergrafting. | |
+5 letters: centrifugation, defenestrating, fragmentations, gentrification, unflatteringly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 61 74 74 65 6E 69 6E 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .- - - . -. .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01100001 01110100 01110100 01100101 01101110 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F a t t e n i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0061 0074 0074 0065 006E 0069 006E 0067 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)406786867180758073 |
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