LARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lard mean? 

• LARD (noun)
  The noun LARD has 1 sense:

1. soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog

  Familiarity information: LARD used as a noun is very rare.

• LARD (verb)
  The verb LARD has 2 senses:

1. prepare or cook with lard

2. add details to

  Familiarity information: LARD used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("lard" is a kind of...):

edible fat (oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissue)

Holonyms ("lard" is a substance of...):

grunter; hog; pig; squealer; Sus scrofa (domestic swine)

Derivation:

lard (prepare or cook with lard)

• LARD (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they lard    ... he / she / it lards   
Past simple: larded   
Past participle: larded   
-ing form: larding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prepare or cook with lard

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

lard meat

Hypernyms (to "lard" is one way to...):

cook; fix; make; prepare; ready (prepare for eating by applying heat)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The chefs lard the vegetables

Derivation:

lard (soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Add details to

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

aggrandise; aggrandize; blow up; dramatise; dramatize; embellish; embroider; lard; pad

Hypernyms (to "lard" is one way to...):

amplify; exaggerate; hyperbolise; hyperbolize; magnify; overdraw; overstate (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lard"):

glorify (cause to seem more splendid)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something

 Context examples 

You should try to avoid: • Saturated fats such as butter, solid shortening, and lard. • Trans fats.

(Dietary Fats, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)