a. 用于养肥禽畜的, 正被养肥的

[ adj ]
subject to or used in the process of finishing or fattening up for slaughter
<adj.all>
a fattening hogfattening pens

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.

2. To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as, to fatten
land; to fatten fields with blood. --Dryden.

Floating \Float"ing\, n.
1. (Weaving) Floating threads. See {Floating threads}, above.

2. The second coat of three-coat plastering. --Knight.

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.]