lard up

English

Verb

lard up (third-person singular simple present lards up, present participle larding up, simple past and past participle larded up)

  1. (transitive, literally) To prepare a food for cooking by stuffing it with fat.
    Lard up the meat before cooking it.
  2. (intransitive) To become fatter.
    She's been larding up since Christmas.
  3. (transitive, figurative) To add enticements to (something) to gain support for it.
    The policy has been larded up to appeal to the leaders.
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