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LARD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("lard" is a kind of...):

edible fat (oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissue)

Holonyms ("lard" is a substance of...):

grunter; hog; pig; squealer; Sus scrofa (domestic swine)

Derivation:

lard (prepare or cook with lard)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Add details to

Synonyms:

aggrandise; aggrandize; blow up; dramatise; dramatize; embellish; embroider; lard; pad

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "lard" is one way to...):

amplify; exaggerate; hyperbolise; hyperbolize; magnify; overdraw; overstate (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lard"):

glorify (cause to seem more splendid)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Prepare or cook with lard

Example:

lard meat

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "lard" is one way to...):

cook; fix; make; prepare; ready (prepare for eating by applying heat)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The chefs lard the vegetables

Derivation:

lard (soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog)

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