- be larded with
- embellish (talk or writing) excessively with esoteric or technical expressions.→ lard
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be larded with
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be larded with something — phrase to contain a lot of something that is not wanted or necessary His autobiography is larded with gossip about famous people. Thesaurus: to be full or contain a great dealsynonym Main entry: lard … Useful english dictionary
be larded with something — to contain a lot of something that is not wanted or necessary His autobiography is larded with gossip about famous people … English dictionary
Larded — Lard Lard, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Larded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Larding}.] [F. larder. See {Lard}, n.] 1. To stuff with bacon; to dress or enrich with lard; esp., to insert lardons of bacon or pork in the surface of, before roasting; as, to lard… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
larded — lÉ‘rd /lÉ‘Ë n. pig fat v. spread with pig fat; flavor with pig fat; embellish, add to (a speech, etc.) … English contemporary dictionary
larded — adjective coated or stuffed with fat or strips of bacon etc … Wiktionary
lard with — [phrasal verb] lard (something) with (something) : to add a large amount of (something) to (something) He always lards his lectures with statistics. [=he always includes many statistics in his lectures] often used as (be) larded with a novel … Useful english dictionary
lard something with something — ˈlard sth with sth derived usually passive (often disapproving) to include a lot of a particular kind of word or expressions in a speech or in a piece of writing • His conversation was larded with Russian proverbs. Main entry: ↑lardderived … Useful english dictionary
lard — [[t]lɑ͟ː(r)d[/t]] lards, larding, larded 1) N UNCOUNT Lard is soft white fat obtained from pigs. It is used in cooking. ...lard or beef fat. 2) VERB If speech or writing is larded with particular types of words, it contains a lot of them or too… … English dictionary
lard — 1 noun (U) white fat from pigs that is used in cooking 2 verb (T) 1 be larded with sth if a speech, piece of writing etc is larded with particular types of words or phrases, there are a lot of them in it: a speech larded with Biblical quotations… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
lard — I UK [lɑː(r)d] / US [lɑrd] noun [uncountable] white fat from pigs that is used in cooking II UK [lɑː(r)d] / US [lɑrd] verb [transitive] Word forms lard : present tense I/you/we/they lard he/she/it lards present participle larding past tense… … English dictionary
