LARD
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)
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)
• LARD (verb)
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
Meaning:
Add details to
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
aggrandise; aggrandize; pad; embellish; lard; embroider; dramatize; dramatise; blow up
Hypernyms (to "lard" is one way to...):
amplify; exaggerate; hyerbolise; 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
