To train the body with a high-calorie diet and intense weightlifting in order to increase the overall mass of the body, especially the muscles.
To increase the weight of.
To gain weight.
To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen.
To take in the slack of (a rope).
To reduce (sail) by taking it in.
To become shorter.
To make shorter; to abbreviate.
To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc.
To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).