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 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 The suit claims the documents larded the value of such prominent and personally significant holdings as his Trump Tower penthouse in New York and his Mar-a-Lago club and home in Florida, as well as golf courses, hotels, a Wall Street office building and more. — Jennifer Peltz The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 14 Dec. 2023 Internet video giant YouTube larded its coffers with $7.95 billion in ad revenue for third quarter of 2023, representing a 12.5% year-over-year increase, as parent Alphabet overall topped Wall Street forecasts. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 24 Oct. 2023 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 two programs most likely to keep someone fed and covered for psychiatric care were cut in the same bill, to the same population, at the same time.
    — Cole Hanson, STAT, 16 July 2026
  • Apparently, Lonnie hasn’t made a cut in seven years, a remarkable level of futility especially given that the show can’t even commit to suggesting that Lonnie’s game is spectacularly bad.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026
Definition of cut in
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  • Then back by a slightly different route, past more hides and oiled walnut and blued steel.
    — John Madson, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026
  • One of the easiest ways to take care of your nails at home is by oiling them.
    — Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 29 June 2026
Definition of oil
Verb
  • Large ventilation spaces surrounding them make the tail section appear inset into the vehicle's structure.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 May 2026
  • However, some people find two-wheel luggage more durable since the two wheels are usually inset further than four-wheel luggage.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
Definition of inset
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  • Use the wrapper from the stick of butter to grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan.
    — Chadwick Boyd, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 July 2026
  • Whether they're getting greased after a Super Bowl or spoiling All-Star rosters, does any city's poles get as much attention as Philadelphia's?
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of grease
Verb
  • The hotel’s design concept weaves a story around the fictional historic Lamarck University, an homage to the French evolutionary theorist, which was supposedly founded in 1894, then abandoned in the 1940s, and ultimately restored by Marriott.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
  • For around 20 minutes, the pilot weaved his cheeky confession in clear loops above the Dee estuary, leaving an unmistakable signature in the sky.
    — Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 14 July 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
  • 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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