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noun
A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Spirits added to coffee or another beverage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To fasten (something) with laces.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ergative
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verb
To interweave items.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: entwine, interlace, interweave, betwine, braid, entwist, interthread, intertwine, intertwist, lace, lock, raddle, ruddle, twine, twist
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To interweave the spokes of a bicycle wheel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: cycling, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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verb
To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To intersperse or diversify with something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
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verb
To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
To cover intricately with bands, strips, or the like, so as to resemble lace.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile
Narrower terms: Brussels lace, filet, macrame, pillow lace, bobbin lace, point lace, needlepoint
noun
a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: lacing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cord
Narrower terms: bootlace, shoelace, shoe lace, shoestring, shoe string
verb
add alcohol to (beverages)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: spike, fortify
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
verb
spin,wind, or twist together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: twist, twine, distort
Narrower terms: wreathe, wind, wattle, pleach, plash, ravel, tangle, knot, splice
verb
draw through eyes or holes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: lace up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tie, bind
Narrower terms: relace
verb
do lacework
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: weave, tissue
verb
make by braiding or interlacing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: braid, plait
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: weave, tissue
History
From Middle English lace, laace, las, from Old French las, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, based on Latin laqueus. Doublet of lasso.
From Middle English lacen, lasen, from Old French lacer, lacier, lasser, lachier, from the noun (see above).
Across languages
127 source translations are retained for this English entry.
