Noun: lard laa(r)d
- Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog
"Traditional pie crusts often use lard for a flaky texture"
- (cooking) prepare or cook with lard
"lard meat"
- Make appear better or greater (in power, wealth, quality, etc.) than reality
"He is free to lard the image of his mother";
- embroider, pad, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise [Brit], dramatize, dramatise [Brit]
Derived forms: larded, larding, lards
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