lard

lard
I. transitive verb Date: 14th century 1. a. to dress (meat) for cooking by inserting or covering with something (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 II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin lardum, laridum; perhaps akin to Greek larinos fat Date: 14th century a soft white solid or semisolid fat obtained by rendering fatty pork • lardy adjective

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  • lard — lard …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • lard — [ lar ] n. m. • XIIe; lat. lardum 1 ♦ Graisse ferme formant une couche épaisse dans le tissu sous cutané du porc, employée en cuisine (⇒ 2. flèche). Gros lard (vx), lard gras, qui ne contient aucune partie de chair musculaire; petit lard (vx),… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Lard — Жанры хардкор индастриал Годы с 1989 Страна …   Википедия

  • Lard — Lard, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Larded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Larding}.] [F. larder. See {Lard}, n.] 1. To stuff with bacon; to dress or enrich with lard; esp., to insert lardons of bacon or pork in the surface of, before roasting; as, to lard poultry.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lard — (l[aum]rd), n. [F., bacon, pig s fat, L. lardum, laridum; cf. Gr. (?) fattened, fat.] 1. Bacon; the flesh of swine. [Obs.] Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. The fat of swine, esp. the internal fat of the abdomen; also, this fat melted and strained. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lard — s.n. (reg.) Slănină grasă. – lat. lardum. Trimis de LauraGellner, 21.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  LARD s. v. slănină. Trimis de siveco, 13.09.2007. Sursa: Sinonime  lard s. n. Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa …   Dicționar Român

  • lard — [lärd] n. [OFr < L lardum, bacon fat, lard < IE base * lai , fat > Gr larinos, fattened, fat, L largus, large] the soft, white solid made by melting down and clarifying the fat of hogs, esp. the inner abdominal fat vt. [ME larden <… …   English World dictionary

  • lard|y — «LAHR dee», adjective, lard|i|er, lard|i|est. 1. full of or like lard: »Her face was wide and flat and lardy white (New Yorker). Figurative. The President has sent to Congress a lardy budget ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • lard — Lard, Lardum. Second lard et porceau, Qui sert de lard, Iam hortum ipsi agricolae alteram succidiam appellant …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • Lard — (l[aum]rd), v. i. To grow fat. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lard — m. lard …   Diccionari Personau e Evolutiu

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