Lard

//lɑːd// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy. countable, uncountable

    "Lard mixed with crushed and strained garlic has been used as an erotic ointment."

  2. 2
    soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog wordnet
  3. 3
    Fatty meat from a pig; bacon, pork. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  4. 4
    Excess fat on a person or animal. countable, slang, uncountable

    "My wonderful partner is fond of pointing out that he and I have done the Covid crisis on easy mode: we have no children, no caring responsibilities, […] we have a fabulous community of people at our local fitness studio to keep the lockdown lard at bay and the cats love joining us for afternoon naps."

Verb
  1. 1
    To stuff (meat) with bacon or pork before cooking.
  2. 2
    add details to wordnet
  3. 3
    To smear with fat or lard.

    "In his buff doublet larded o'er with fat / Of slaughtered brutes."

  4. 4
    prepare or cook with lard wordnet
  5. 5
    To distribute, garnish or strew, especially with reference to fatty or greasy things or words or phrases in speech and writing.

    "The first notice came from — of course — a Trump tweet, after his meeting with Barr on the question of voter fraud allegations in the 2020 election. Barr made a point of noting the topic in his resignation letter, which was larded with slavish praise for the president's accomplishments in the face of what Barr called "relentless, implacable resistance.""

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  1. 6
    To fatten; to enrich.

    "[The oak] with his nuts larded many swine."

  2. 7
    To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.

    "Larded with sweet flowers; Which bewept to the grave"

  3. 8
    To embellish with unnecessary frills; to pad.

    "Ultimately, the plans were rejected by Senate leadership, Cruz told reporters, after he and a number of others objected. "That proposal did not carry the day," Cruz said. "Those $350bn in tax increases are not in the bill ... and larding the bill up with new tax increases would have been going the wrong direction.""

  4. 9
    To grow fat. intransitive, obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English lard, from Old French lard (“bacon”), from Latin lārdum, lāridum (“bacon fat”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English larden, from Old French larder and Medieval Latin lārdō.

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