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lard

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See also: Lard and lärd

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English lard, from Old French lard (“bacon”), from Latin lārdum, lāridum (“bacon fat”).

Noun

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lard (countable and uncountable, plural lards)

  1. Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy.
  2. (obsolete) Fatty meat from a pig; bacon, pork.
  3. (slang) Excess fat on a person or animal.
    • 2020, Sophie Ranald, Thank You, Next: A perfect, uplifting and funny romantic comedy:
      My wonderful partner is fond of pointing out that he and I have done the Covid crisis on easy mode: we have no children, no caring responsibilities, […] we have a fabulous community of people at our local fitness studio to keep the lockdown lard at bay and the cats love joining us for afternoon naps.
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English larden, from Old French larder and Medieval Latin lārdō.

Verb

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lard (third-person singular simple present lards, present participle larding, simple past and past participle larded)

  1. (cooking) To stuff (meat) with bacon or pork before cooking.
  2. To smear with fat or lard.
    • 1740, William Somervile, Hobbinol:
      In his buff doublet larded o'er with fat / Of slaughtered brutes.
  3. To distribute, garnish or strew, especially with reference to fatty or greasy things or words or phrases in speech and writing.
    • 2020 December 15, Harry Litman, “There’s no getting around William Barr’s dishonorable record”, in Los Angeles Times‎[2], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 9 September 2022:
      The first notice came from — of course — a Trump tweet, after his meeting with Barr on the question of voter fraud allegations in the 2020 election. Barr made a point of noting the topic in his resignation letter, which was larded with slavish praise for the president's accomplishments in the face of what Barr called "relentless, implacable resistance."
  4. To fatten; to enrich.
  5. To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.
  6. To embellish with unnecessary frills; to pad.
    • 2017 December 2, Lauren Gambino, “Senate Republicans pass sweeping overhaul of US tax code”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎[3], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 4 July 2023:
      Ultimately, the plans were rejected by Senate leadership, Cruz told reporters, after he and a number of others objected. "That proposal did not carry the day," Cruz said. "Those $350bn in tax increases are not in the bill ... and larding the bill up with new tax increases would have been going the wrong direction."
    • 2023 January 18, Sam Roberts, “Carl Hahn Dies at 96; Made the VW Beetle Ubiquitous”, in The New York Times‎[4], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 January 2023:
      Volkswagen avoided the fins and other frills with which U.S. manufacturers larded their vehicles. Instead, the company and its advertising agency, Doyle Dane Bernbach, promoted "our philosophy of a car that doesn't change for the reason of change, only for the benefit of the consumer," Mr. Hahn said at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, in 2011.
  7. (obsolete, intransitive) To grow fat.
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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French lard, from Latin lārdum, lāridum (“bacon fat”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lard m (plural lards)

  1. bacon
  2. lard, fat
    faire du lard ― to gain weight
    rentrer dans le lard ― to lay into someone

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Further reading

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French lard, from Latin lāridum, lārdum.[1]

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Noun

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lard (uncountable)

  1. Bacon; fatty cured pork.
  2. (by extension) Other fatty cured meat.
  3. Lard, fat (usually of pigs)
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Descendants

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  • English: lard
  • Scots: lair, laird (obsolete)

References

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  1. ^ “lard, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ Bliss, A. J. (1969) “Vowel-Quantity in Middle English Borrowings from Anglo-Norman”, in Roger Lass, editor, Approaches to English historical linguistics; an anthology‎[1], New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 186.

Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin lardum, laridum (“bacon fat”).

Noun

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lard oblique singular, m (oblique plural larz or lartz, nominative singular larz or lartz, nominative plural lard)

  1. A cut of meat from a pig.
  2. lard (fatty substance)

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin lardum, laridum (“bacon fat”).

Noun

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lard n (plural larduri)

  1. (regional) bacon
  2. (regional) pig-fat

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative lard lardul larduri lardurile
genitive-dative lard lardului larduri lardurilor
vocative lardule lardurilor

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Romansch

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Etymology

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From Latin lārdum, lāridum (“bacon fat”).

Noun

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lard m

  1. (Puter) bacon

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