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Noun: lard  laa(r)d
  1. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog
    "Traditional pie crusts often use lard for a flaky texture"
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
    "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