Past tense of fatten
regular verb
The past tense of fatten is fattened. The past participle is also fattened.
Forms of fatten
| Base form (V1) | fatten /ˈfætən/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | fattened |
| Past participle (V3) | fattened |
| Present participle | fattening /ˈfæt(ə)nɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | fattens |
Fattened in a sentence
- In that classroom full of oily potato-chip-fattened adolescents, she was everyone’s ideal of translucent perfume-advertisement femininity.1969, Margaret Atwood, The Edible Woman, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, published 2010, Part 1, Chapter 4
- He gradually fattened in the five years after getting married.
- The list is completed by the affri or draught-horses with their foals, and the capons, geese, and peacocks that were fattened for the lord's table.2014 [1951], H. P. R. Finberg, “Chapter V: Pastoral husbandry”, in Tavistock Abbey: A Study in the Social and Economic History of Devon…. From the entry hogget
Meaning of fatten
- verb To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter.
- verb To become fat or fatter.
- verb To make thick or thicker (often something containing paper, especially money).
Questions about the past tense of fatten
- What is the past tense of fatten?
- The past tense of fatten is fattened.
- What is the past participle of fatten?
- The past participle of fatten is fattened.
- Is fatten a regular or irregular verb?
- Fatten is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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