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lard
(lärd)n.
The white solid or semisolid rendered fat of a hog.
tr.v. lard·ed, lard·ing, lards
1. To cover or coat with lard or a similar fat.
2. To insert strips of fat or bacon in (meat) before cooking.
3.
a. To enrich or lace heavily with extra material; embellish: larded the report with quotations.
b. To fill throughout; inject: "The history of Sicily was larded with treachery" (Mario Puzo).
[Middle English, from Old French larde, from Latin lārdum.]
lard′y adj.
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lard
(lɑːd)n
1. (Cookery) the rendered fat from a pig, esp from the abdomen, used in cooking
2. informal excess fat on a person's body
vb (tr)
3. (Cookery) to prepare (lean meat, poultry, etc) by inserting small strips of bacon or fat before cooking
4. (Cookery) to cover or smear (foods) with lard
5. to add extra material to (speech or writing); embellish
[C15: via Old French from Latin lāridum bacon fat]
ˈlardˌlike adj
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lard
(lɑrd)n.
1. the rendered fat of hogs, esp. the internal fat of the abdomen.
v.t. 2. to apply lard or grease to.
3. to insert strips of fat in (lean meat) before cooking.
4. to supplement or enrich with something for improvement or ornamentation: a literary work larded with allusions.
[1300–50; Middle English < Middle French larder (v.), lard (n.) < Latin lār(i)dum bacon]
lard′like`, adj.
lard•y, adj.
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lard
Past participle: larded
Gerund: larding
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lard
1. To thread thin strips of fat through meat which is too lean.
2. Natural or refined fat from a pig.
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Lard
Rendered hog fat.
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| Noun | 1. |  lard - soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hogedible fat - oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissue |
| Verb | 1. | lard - prepare or cook with lard; "lard meat" cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| 2. | lard - add details to glorify - cause to seem more splendid; "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building" exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, amplify, magnify, overdraw - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" |
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lard
[lɑːd]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
lard
(laːd) noun the melted fat of the pig, used in cooking. manteca de cerdo
verb to put lard on; to cover with lard. untar con manteca
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lard
n. manteca, grasa de origen animal.
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lard
n manteca (de cerdo)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.