larded; larding; lards
1
a
: to dress (meat) for cooking by inserting or covering with something (such as strips of fat)
b
: to cover or soil with grease
2
: to augment or intersperse especially with something superfluous or excessive
the book is larded with subplots
3
obsolete
: to make rich with or as if with fat
: a soft white solid or semisolid fat obtained by rendering fatty pork
Examples of lard in a Sentence
Verb
a roast larded with bacon
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2024
But the new season suffers from both a surfeit of ideas and a lack of vision, relegating beloved relationships to the background while larding the show with characters and story lines that fail to compel.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024
Madeline Weinfield, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2024
One notable episode from June 1993 was supposed to feature the then British Conservative MP Roy Hattersley, but having canceled at the last minute and for the third time, he was replaced on the set by a tub of lard.
—Scott Bryan, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2024
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Verb
This expensive, but frequently cheap-looking, placeholder is historical, but larded up with clunky fiction.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2024
But the new season suffers from both a surfeit of ideas and a lack of vision, relegating beloved relationships to the background while larding the show with characters and story lines that fail to compel.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024
Noun
Following recipes that have been passed down through generations of Mississippians, Sugaree’s uses lard alongside butter in their irresistible crusts.
—Madeline Weinfield, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2024
One notable episode from June 1993 was supposed to feature the then British Conservative MP Roy Hattersley, but having canceled at the last minute and for the third time, he was replaced on the set by a tub of lard.
—Scott Bryan, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2024
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“Lard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lard. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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lard
1 of 2 verb1
: to insert strips of usually pork fat into meat before cooking
2
: to smear with lard, fat, or grease
3
: to add something extra and unnecessary to
lard
2 of 2 noun
: a soft white fat from the fatty tissue of the hog
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