English Explanatory Dictionary

lace

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.
A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly.
A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.
Spirits added to coffee or another beverage.

verb

To fasten (something) with laces.
To interweave items.
To interweave the spokes of a bicycle wheel.
To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.
To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material.
To intersperse or diversify with something.
To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink).
To cover intricately with bands, strips, or the like, so as to resemble lace.

Pronunciation

/leɪs/ en-us-lace.ogg

Word forms

lace laces lacing laced

Etymology

From Middle English lace, laace, las, from Old French las, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, based on Latin laqueus. Doublet of lasso.

Synonyms

shoelace tie entwine interlace interweave betwine braid entwist interthread intertwine intertwist lace lock raddle ruddle twine twist

Derived words

Battenberg lace belace Binche lace bobbin lace bootlace Cluny lace enlace fairy lace golden lace Honiton lace inlace interlace laceability laceable laceback lacebark lace bug laceflower* lace into lace job laceleaf laceless lacelike lace machine lacemaker lacemaking laceman lacepod lacery lace up lace-up shoes lace-ups lacewear laceweight lacewing* lacewoman lacewomen lacewood lacework laceworker laceworks lacy Lille lace Limerick lace machine lace manillese lace mislace necklace needle lace needlelace overlace pillow lace relace sandlace sea lace self-lacing silver lace vine staylace tape lace unlace

Translations

German: einspeichen

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