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lard

UK /lɑːd/US /lɑɹd/

verb 7
noun 3
forms 3
phrases 2

verb7

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To smear with fat or lard.
- In his buff doublet larded o'er with fat / Of slaughtered brutes. — 1740
To distribute, garnish or strew, especially with reference to fatty or greasy things or words or phrases in speech and writing.
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To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.
- Larded with sweet flowers; Which bewept to the grave — 1599
To embellish with unnecessary frills; to pad.
To stuff (meat) with bacon or pork before cooking.
•
To fatten; to enrich.
- [The oak] with his nuts larded many swine. — 1579
(no longer used) To grow fat.

noun3

Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy.
(slang) Excess fat on a person or animal.
(no longer used) Fatty meat from a pig; bacon, pork.

forms

larded · larding · lards

Phrases with lard

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