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engrener.

(of poultry) to fatten by feeding grain

8 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɑ̃.ɡʁə.ne/
  1. (of poultry) to fatten by feeding grain

    dated · transitive
  2. to thresh

    obsolete · transitive
  3. to fill with grain

    ambitransitive
    engrener la trémie d’un moulin
  4. to set in motion; to start; to begin

    ambitransitive
    engrener une affaire
  5. to engage or mesh (come into gear with)

    transitive
  6. to be caught on a slippery slope

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From en- + grain + -er.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.