| dialect |
| 1. n. (linguistics) A variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular area, community or social group, often differing from other varieties of the same language in minor ways as regards vocabul | |
| 2. n. (pejorative) Language that is perceived as substandard or wrong. | |
| 3. n. A lect (often a regional or minority language) as part of a group or family of languages, especially if they are viewed as a single language, or if contrasted with a standardized idiom that is conside | |
| 4. n. (computing, programming) A variant of a non-standardized programming language. | |
| Home computers in the 1980s had many incompatible dialects of BASIC. | |
| 5. n. (ornithology) A variant form of the vocalizations of a bird species restricted to a certain area or population. | |
| grease |
| 1. n. Animal fat in a melted or soft state | |
| 2. n. (extension) Any oily or fatty matter. | |
| 3. n. Shorn but not yet cleansed wool | |
| 4. n. Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis. | |
| 5. v. To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate. | |
| 6. v. (transitive, informal) To bribe. | |
| 7. v. (transitive, informal) To cause to go easily; to facilitate. | |
| 8. v. (transitive, slang) To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly. | |
| To my amazement, I greased the landing despite the tricky crosswinds. | |
| 9. v. (transitive, slang) To kill, murder. | |
| 10. v. (obsolete) To cheat or cozen; to overreach. | |
| 11. v. To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease. | |
| tallow |
| 1. n. A hard animal fat obtained from suet, etc.; used in cooking as well as to make candles, soap and lubricants | |
| 2. v. To grease or smear with tallow. | |
| 3. v. To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten. | |
| to tallow sheep | |
| lard |
| 1. n. Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy. | |
| 2. n. (obsolete) Fatty meat from a pig; bacon, pork. | |
| 3. v. (cooking) To stuff (meat) with bacon or pork before cooking. | |
| 4. v. To smear with fat or lard. | |
| 5. v. To garnish or strew, especially with reference to words or phrases in speech and writing. | |
| 6. v. To fatten; to enrich. | |
| 7. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To grow fat. | |
| 8. v. To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard. | |
