'Fattening' definitions:
Definition of 'fattening'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Subject to or used in the process of finishing or fattening up for slaughter; "a fattening hog"; "fattening pens"
Definition of 'Fattening'
From: 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]
Definition of 'fattening'
From: GCIDE
- Floating \Float"ing\, n.
- 1. (Weaving) Floating threads. See Floating threads, above. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The second coat of three-coat plastering. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The process of rendering oysters and scallops plump by placing them in fresh or brackish water; -- called also fattening, plumping, and laying out. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Floating charge