lard

UK /lɑːd/ US /lɑɹd/
verb 5noun 3name 1

Definitions

noun

1

Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy.

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

2

Fatty meat from a pig; bacon, pork.

3

Excess fat on a person or animal.

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

To stuff (meat) with bacon or pork before cooking.

2

To smear with fat or lard.

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

3

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."

4

To fatten; to enrich.

[The oak] with his nuts larded many swine.

Falstaff sweats to death, / And lards the lean earth as he walks along.

5

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

Larded with sweet flowers; Which bewept to the grave

Let no alien Sedley interpose / To lard with wit thy hungry Epsom prose.

name

1

A surname.

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