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 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 Scorsese lards the supporting cast with musicians like Jason Isbell and Jack White; by far the most impressive is Sturgill Simpson, who provides a welcome gleam of sly humor as one of Hale’s moonshining henchmen. — Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023 While there are a few pieces of classic modern furniture, including chairs by Roland Rainer and Eames, the designers avoided larding the space with pricey finds. — Nancy Hass, ELLE Decor, 15 Apr. 2023 Tamales are a staple of Christmases and birthdays, the inspiration for the farming town of Somerton’s December Tamale Festival and the subject of passionate debate: Lard or no lard? — Jack Healy, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2023 See All Example Sentences for lard
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lard
  1. cut in
  2. oil
  3. inset
  4. grease
  5. tar
  6. weave
  7. gum
  8. interline
Verb
  • The latter roughly matches the level awarded to municipalities prior to legislative cuts in 2014.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2025
  • While Fed Chair Powell said recently that the Fed wants to take it slow on rate cuts, the market is now pricing in three cuts in 2025, starting in June.
    — MoneyShow, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of cut in
Verb
  • To oil this customer engagement machine, Amazon introduced Prime.
    — Christian Stadler, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Use an oil mister or a pastry brush to oil the plates, which will prevent the overuse of oil and keep excess oil from building up on the grid plates.
    — Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of oil
Verb
  • They can also be inset should the conflict drift into a different room or nearby area.
    — Rob Wieland, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • But a four-piece band and pair of backing singers did their part Monday, stationed within pits inset into the stage and occasionally venturing out.
    — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of inset
Verb
  • The latter also perpetuates a reliance on extractive industries, keeping the metaphorical wheels greased on the fossil fuel industry rather than encouraging it to begin winding down.
    — Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The key is to bake the top layer in an ovenproof bowl greased generously with baking spray and lined with two strips of parchment paper.
    — Ana Calderone, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Definition of grease
Verb
  • In the meantime, party moderates are being tarred with progressive brushes, and Democratic leadership is unwilling or unable to do anything about it.
    — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The debates, the great solutions, DeFi itself, everything gets tarred with the unsafe brush.
    — Vipin Bharathan, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Definition of tar
Verb
  • The trail weaves through the coastal waters of Lee County from the Pine Island Sound to Estero Bay, up the Caloosahatchee River and through its tributaries.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The showcase is a tribute to the work of 23 Polish designers and how their storytelling weaves into Poland’s design culture.
    — Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 7 Apr. 2025
Definition of weave
Verb
  • But years of cheese consumption had apparently led to tiny bits of cheese getting down into the mechanism and gumming it up something terrible.
    — Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The maneuver eliminates vehicles stacking up in the middle of the main road at the intersection itself, which can often result in turning vehicles sitting through more than one light cycle and spilling over into the through lanes, gumming up the entire roadway.
    — John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of gum
Verb
  • 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
  • The French interlining company has expanded its product range beyond beyond its traditional offerings of innerlinings and inner-garment components to include cotton fabrics for the shirting sector.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of interline

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