larding

verb

present participle of lard
1
as in weaving

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2
as in gumming

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for larding
  1. weaving
  2. oiling
  3. inserting
  4. greasing
  5. injecting
  6. mucking
  7. thrusting
  8. miring
Verb
  • At the time of the crash, Pace’s vehicle was allegedly weaving in and out of lanes at speeds above 90 miles per hour.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026
  • Beyond weaving the pivotal Osage leader Governor Joe into the script, the production team constructed an entire Osage village, alongside the specific lodge where the meeting took place.
    — Max Gao, IndieWire, 10 July 2026
Definition of weaving
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  • One of the easiest ways to take care of your nails at home is by oiling them.
    — Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 29 June 2026
  • Prevent rust by cleaning cast iron right after cooking, drying it thoroughly, and oiling it every time.
    — Emily Benda Gaylord, The Spruce, 17 Jan. 2026
Definition of oiling
Verb
  • Coming off a left hip flexor strain, the Mets wanted to give him a full workday before inserting him into the lineup again, which wasn’t possible with the wildfire smoke.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 16 July 2026
  • Indyk wrote that inserting an international peace conference, or a resumption of Israeli-Palestinian final-status negotiations, into the deal was tempting but doomed to fail.
    — Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
Definition of inserting
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  • Preheat the oven to 350ºF and prep your pan by greasing the bottom and sides of a 13x9 with cooking spray or butter.
    — Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2026
  • Todd starred in these films for over 20 years, greasing lines all over Wyoming’s Tetons, California’s Sierras, and Alaska’s Chugach mountains that other skiers and snowboarders didn’t even think were ridable.
    — Outside Online, Outside Online, 28 Jan. 2026
Definition of greasing
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  • More importantly, scientists do not yet know the full consequences of injecting hundreds of tons of ionized gas into Earth’s magnetosphere.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • With one acrobatic slam after another, Yaxel Lendeborg cut through the sleepy atmosphere blanketing the pregame layup lines, injecting some energy into a crowd that was waiting to watch the team’s first summer league game at Chase Center on Friday.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
Definition of injecting
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  • But Ehlers has given Carolina a newfound level of offensive depth, especially given he’s meshed surprisingly well with Jordan Staal and Jordan Martinook, two veteran checkers who have been mucking and grinding for years on a team that does that better than anyone.
    — James Mirtle, New York Times, 24 May 2026
  • In retirement, he’s gone back to that childhood, mucking the stalls and helping care for a menagerie that includes two horses, 10 mini goats, two mini pigs, a pair of horses and a bunch of chickens and dogs and cats.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
Definition of mucking
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  • Her existential crisis is cut short when Sherlock Holmes is kidnapped, thrusting Enola into a new mystery set in Malta.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • The incident sparked a media frenzy, thrusting Lorena and John into the spotlight as their respective trials became front-page news.
    — Kelsey Lentz, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026
Definition of thrusting
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  • The issue at hand – renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA – has created strange political bedfellows this year on Capitol Hill, miring lawmakers in a debate pitting privacy against safety while consuming much of Congress' election-year time.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 10 June 2026
Definition of miring
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“Larding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/larding. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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