LARD Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

lard

verb

Definition of lard

as in to cut in

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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

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The primary targets for cuts in science are NASA’s funding for operating missions, especially those well beyond their original design lives, and support for partnerships on international missions.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2026
Annual admissions exceeded 200 million before COVID-19 but were cut in half last year.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of cut in

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Anchoring the third floor is the primary suite, which includes a generous bedroom, a sleek, modern bathroom, and a dressing room where the ceiling is inset with a panel mimicking the night sky.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026
The guest rooms feature handmade tiles, lighting and furniture from Mexico and Morocco, and shower walls inset with bottles that reference bottle walls common in desert communities.

— Madeleine Kashkooli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026

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Lightly grease a 9-inch cake pan with vegetable oil and line the bottom with a round of parchment paper.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Using mayonnaise in the filling—and to grease the pan—instead of traditional schmaltz or olive oil helps ensure the kugel bakes off moist, rich, and crisp—never dry or greasy.

— Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of grease

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Brizé weaves between these absurd moments and two slow-simmering crises that cause Carla to begin doubting her diehard commitment to work.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
Saigon is set in two different restaurants at two moments in time — 1990s France and 1950s Vietnam — as Nguyen weaves the lives and longings of strangers into an intimate and expansive story of connection in exile.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

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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

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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
Second, the Red Sox could streamline their roster and finally clear out the logjams that have gummed up the works for the past two years.

— Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 31 May 2026

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