ingrassare — meaning in English

English meaning

• engross verb To write out a document neatly and formally, or to produce its final official copy.
• fat noun A soft, greasy substance stored in the body (or found in food) that provides energy.
• fatten verb To make an animal or person fatter, often by feeding them richly.
• lard noun Soft white fat from a pig, rendered down and used in cooking or baking.
• stall noun A small stand or booth where goods are sold, as in a market.

Senses

ingrassare is used for these senses in English:

• engross (transitive, obsolete) To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.
• fat (transitive, archaic) To make fat; to fatten.
• fatten (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter.
• fatten (intransitive, of a person or animal) To become fat or fatter.
• fill out (intransitive) To have one's physique expand with maturity or with surplus weight.
• lard To fatten; to enrich.
• put on weight To experience a weight gain, to increase in weight.
• stall To keep close; to keep secret.

engross — full definition

1. verb To write out a document neatly and formally, or to produce its final official copy.
2. verb To buy up the entire stock of something, usually in order to control its supply.
3. verb To take total control of something for yourself, often unfairly, leaving none for anyone else.
4. verb To hold someone's attention so fully that they think of nothing else.

fat — full definition

1. noun A soft, greasy substance stored in the body (or found in food) that provides energy.
2. adj Having a large amount of body fat; overweight.
3. noun The most valuable or wasteful part of something, as in "trim the fat" from a budget.

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