lard

verb

Definition of lardnext
1
as in to cut in

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2
as in to oil

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Recent Examples of lard Sadly, there are countless more examples like these larding my social media feed and surely those of tens of thousands of others. — Dj Rosenthal, Baltimore Sun, 5 Nov. 2024 This expensive, but frequently cheap-looking, placeholder is historical, but larded up with clunky fiction. — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2024 But the new season suffers from both a surfeit of ideas and a lack of vision, relegating beloved relationships to the background while larding the show with characters and story lines that fail to compel. — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for lard
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lard
  1. cut in
  2. oil
  3. inset
  4. grease
  5. weave
  6. tar
  7. interline
  8. gum
Verb
  • The agency also reported that the number of parking tickets issued increased slightly, rising from 455 to 457 per month despite enforcement days being cut in half.
    — Allen Devlin, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • In 2023, a cut in the protective netting around an enclosure in the Central Park Zoo allowed a Eurasian eagle-owl to escape into the park.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of cut in
Verb
  • Lightly oil your hands and punch down dough, then transfer to prepared pan.
    — Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026
  • To do so, place the slices in a nonstick or lightly oiled skillet over low to medium-low heat and cover the pan.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of oil
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  • Out on a side deck, a hot tub is inset within the wood planks.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Save for two works, all are inset with large photographic prints.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of inset
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  • Lightly grease a 2-quart ceramic or glass baking dish with baking spray.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • These hostesses greased the gears of power in the capital, and an invitation to their dinners was a chance to rub shoulders with Cabinet members and ambassadors and, occasionally, a bona fide celebrity.
    — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of grease
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  • With a bigger budget from Netflix, Sy and Leterrier leaned further into the show’s superhero-like qualities, expanding its universe beyond the novels of Maurice Leblanc and weaving some futuristic elements.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Rubio weaves stories about heartbreak, drugs, and the slippery, occasionally hallucinatory process of finding your way back to your own life.
    — Sophie Miller, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of weave
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  • The 1974 tournament in West Germany was tarred by the geopolitical fallout of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
  • Public perceptions The two most damaging nuclear disasters in history – Chernobyl in 1986 and Fukushima in 2011 – each tarred the technology in the eyes of the public, leading politicians to decommission projects.
    — Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 4 May 2026
Definition of tar
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  • Surf Air already has interline partnerships with Hawaiian, Alaska, Japan Airlines, American, and United — meaning passengers connecting off those carriers can flow directly onto Surf Air's network.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 15 Mar. 2026
  • This practice, called interlining, gives passengers the ability to get to more parts of the city without transferring trains.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of interline
Verb
  • Iran has exercised its control over the Strait of Hormuz to gum up the global economy, and China has used its command over critical minerals to gain leverage in trade negotiations.
    — ANNE NEUBERGER, Foreign Affairs, 15 Sep. 2026
  • And give him credit for switching Anunoby onto Fox, gumming up San Antonio’s offense in the fourth quarter — especially when the Spurs never adjusted by going away from the matchup.
    — Joe Vardon, New York Times, 11 June 2026
Definition of gum

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