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fattening

/ˈfætnɪŋ/adjective

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मोटापा बढ़ाने वाला

Basic word

adjective
  1. 1

    (of food) likely to make you fat

    मोटापा बढ़ाने वाला

    • Fried snacks are very fattening.
    • Radhika avoids fattening sweets before her exams.
    • Cream cakes are delicious but very fattening.
    + 2 more examples
    • Is rice really more fattening than bread?
    • Doctors warn that fattening snacks can raise cholesterol.

    Opposite slimming

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

be fattening

After be, it says that a food is likely to make you fat.

Be के बाद यह बताता है कि कोई भोजन आपको मोटा कर सकता है।

  • Sweets are fattening.
  • Fried snacks are very fattening.

fattening + noun

Before a noun, it describes food or drink that adds weight.

संज्ञा से पहले यह वज़न बढ़ाने वाले भोजन या पेय का वर्णन करता है।

  • She avoids fattening desserts.
  • Fattening foods are cheap and tempting.

fattening for + person

For may name the person who should be careful with such food.

'For' उस व्यक्ति को बताता है जिसे ऐसे भोजन से सावधान रहना चाहिए।

  • Rice is fattening for diabetic patients if eaten in excess.
  • Cream is fattening for children who do not play.

fattening (cattle) as a noun use

The same -ing word can name the process of making an animal fat, especially in farming.

यही -ing शब्द खेती में पशु को मोटा करने की प्रक्रिया का नाम भी हो सकता है।

  • Fattening of cattle needs proper feed.
  • The fattening period lasts six months.
+Collocations 4

fattening + food

foodsnackdessertmealdrink

  • Radhika gave up fattening snacks during her exam preparation.

adverb + fattening

veryhighlyextremelylessrather

  • Ghee is highly fattening if you eat too much.

verb + fattening

avoideatlimitcut downstay away from

  • Doctors tell patients to stay away from fattening sweets.

fattening + noun for animals

cattlepigsgoatspoultrycalves

  • Fattening poultry is a growing business in the village.
“More examples 5
  • The mithai shop sells delicious but fattening jalebis.

मिठाई की दुकान स्वादिष्ट पर वज़न बढ़ाने वाली जलेबियाँ बेचती है।

  • Kabir cannot resist fattening food during the wedding season.

विवाह के मौसम में कबीर वज़न बढ़ाने वाले भोजन का विरोध नहीं कर पाता।

  • Is brown bread less fattening than white bread?

क्या ब्राउन ब्रेड सफेद ब्रेड से कम वज़न बढ़ाती है?

  • The dietician said that late-night snacks are very fattening.

आहार विशेषज्ञ ने कहा कि देर रात के स्नैक्स बहुत मोटापा बढ़ाते हैं।

  • Fried samosas are tasty but fattening.

तले हुए समोसे स्वादिष्ट हैं, पर मोटापा बढ़ाते हैं।

!Common mistakes 2

✗ I am fattening because of sweets.

✓ I am getting fat because of sweets.

Fattening describes food, not a person; a person gets fat.

'Fattening' भोजन का वर्णन करता है, व्यक्ति का नहीं; व्यक्ति के लिए 'gets fat' आता है।

✗ Sweets is fattening.

✓ Sweets are fattening.

Sweets is plural, so the verb is are.

'Sweets' बहुवचन है, इसलिए verb 'are' होगी।

≠Thesaurus: which synonym when

Fattening is about food that adds weight; fatty is about food that contains fat.

Fattening उस भोजन के लिए है जो वज़न बढ़ाए; fatty उसके लिए जिसमें वसा हो।

fattening

Likely to make you put on weight.

वज़न बढ़ाने की संभावना वाला।

  • Sugar is fattening.

fatty

Containing a lot of fat.

जिसमें बहुत वसा हो।

  • Fatty meat is hard to digest.
◇Word family
fatten verbfat adjective