lard
/lɑːd/US/lɑɹd/
lard noun: fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy.
Noun
lard (countable and uncountable, plural lards)
- 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.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 135
- Fatty meat from a pig; bacon, pork.
- 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...2020, Sophie Ranald, Thank You, Next: A perfect, uplifting and funny romantic comedy
Verb
lard (third-person singular simple present lards, present participle larding, simple past and past participle larded)
- To stuff (meat) with bacon or pork before cooking.
- To smear with fat or lard.
- In his buff doublet larded o'er with fat / Of slaughtered brutes.1740, William Somervile, Hobbinol
- 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...2020 December 15, Harry Litman, “There's no getting around William Barr's dishonorable record”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
- To fatten; to enrich.
- [The oak] with his nuts larded many swine.1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Februarie. Aegloga Se[c]unda.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC
- Falstaff sweats to death, / And lards the lean earth as he walks along.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.
- Larded with sweet flowers; Which bewept to the gravec. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- Let no alien Sedley interpose / To lard with wit thy hungry Epsom prose.1709, J[ohn] Dryden, J[ohn] Oldham, “(please specify the page)”, in Mac Flecknoe: A Poem. […] With Spencer’s Ghost: Being a Satyr Concerning Poetry. […], London: […] H[enry] Hills, […], →OCLC
- 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...2017 December 2, Lauren Gambino, “Senate Republicans pass sweeping overhaul of US tax code”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
- Volkswagen avoided the fins and other frills with which U.S. manufacturers larded their vehicles. Instead, the company and its advertising agency, Doyle Dane Bernbach, promoted "our philosophy of a car that doesn't change for the reason of change, only for the benefit of the consumer," Mr. Hahn...2023 January 18, Sam Roberts, “Carl Hahn Dies at 96; Made the VW Beetle Ubiquitous”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20...
- To grow fat.
Proper noun capitalized: Lard
Lard
- A surname.
lard meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam
lard in Tamil
- நிணம், பன்றிக் கொழுப்பு, பன்றி நெய்
lard in Urdu
- سور کی چربی
lard in Telugu
- lard
- పందినెయ్యి pandineyyi, పందికొవ్వు pandikovvu, పందిపిచ్చు pandipiccu
lard in Malayalam
- ഉരുക്കിയ പന്നിക്കൊഴുപ്പ്
More languagesFewer languages
- lard in Tagalog
- tunis
- lard in Arabic
- شَحْم šaḥm, دُهْن خِنْزِير duhn ḵinzīr
- lard in Thai
- มันหมู man-mǔu
- lard in Vietnamese
- mỡ lợn, mỡ heo
- lard in Myanmar
- ဝက်ဆီ wakhci
Examples of lard in a sentence
- "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."2017 December 2, Lauren Gambino, “Senate Republicans pass sweeping overhaul of US tax code”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian...
- Volkswagen avoided the fins and other frills with which U.S. manufacturers larded their vehicles.2023 January 18, Sam Roberts, “Carl Hahn Dies at 96; Made the VW Beetle Ubiquitous”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York...
Forms of lard
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | lards |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | lards |
| present participle | larding |
| past participle | larded |
| past | larded |
Origin of lard
From Middle English lard, from Old French lard (“bacon”), from Latin lārdum, lāridum (“bacon fat”).
From Middle English larden, from Old French larder and Medieval Latin lārdō.
Words formed from lard
- Amerilard
- bald as a bladder of lard
- enlard
- interlard
- lardaceous
- lardarse
- lard-arse
- lardass
- lard-ass
- lardassed
- lard-assed
- lardball
- lardboy
- lardbucket
- lard-bucket
- lardbutt
- lard down
- lardhead
- lardless
- lardlike
- lardon
- lardoon
- lard up
- lardy
- lardy cake
- leaf lard
- tubbalard
- tubba lard
- tub of lard
- unlarded
- larding needle
- overlard
Phrases with lard
Words that rhyme with lard
Questions about lard
- What does lard mean?
- Lard means fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy.
- What is lard in Tamil?
- Lard in Tamil is நிணம், பன்றிக் கொழுப்பு, பன்றி நெய். See Lard meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use lard in a sentence?
- "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."
- What part of speech is lard?
- Lard can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce lard?
- Lard is pronounced /lɑːd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of lard?
- The plural of lard is lards.
Words near lard in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: lard (page history and authors); Lard (page history and authors); lard (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lard (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); పందికొవ్వు (Telugu) (page history and authors); lard (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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