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Noun: lard  laa(r)d
  1. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog
Verb: lard  laa(r)d
  1. (cooking) prepare or cook with lard
    "lard meat"
     
  2. Make appear better or greater (in power, wealth, quality, etc.) than reality
    - embroider, pad, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise [Brit], blow up, dramatize, dramatise [Brit]

Derived forms: lards, larded, larding

Type of: amplify, cook, edible fat, exaggerate, fix [informal], hyperbolise [Brit], hyperbolize, magnify, make, overdraw, overstate, prepare, ready

Part of: grunter, hog, pig, squealer, Sus scrofa

Encyclopedia: Lard

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