lace
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
a cord or string for holding or drawing together, as when passed through holes in opposite edges.
ornamental cord or braid, especially of gold or silver, used to decorate uniforms, hats, etc.
a small amount of alcoholic liquor or other substance added to food or drink.
to fasten, draw together, or compress by or as if by means of a lace.
to pass (a cord, leather strip, etc.), as through holes.
to interlace or intertwine.
to adorn or trim with lace.
to add a small amount of alcoholic liquor or other substance to (food or drink): He took his coffee laced with brandy.
to lash, beat, or thrash.
to compress the waist of (a person) by drawing tight the laces of a corset, or the like.
to mark or streak, as with color.
to be fastened with a lace: These shoes lace up the side.
to attack physically or verbally (often followed by into): The teacher laced into his students.
Origin of lace
1Other words from lace
- lacelike, adjective
- lacer, noun
- re·lace, verb, re·laced, re·lac·ing.
- well-laced, adjective
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How to use lace in a sentence
Smith speaks with perfect articulation and a vacuous undertone laces her words.
Other techniques included laser-cut laces, braiding, and high-gloss liquid fabrics made from silk and nylon.
His ending is explosive but so too is the language that laces the narrative and the individuals that people it.
Tying up their laces, if not actually mounting the starting blocks are Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) and Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-MN).
The little shoe, whose silken laces had become loose in walking, lay in the road covered-with dust.
Honey-Bee | Anatole France
Glasgow people wear carmen's boots, strongly fastened on with leather laces.
Friend Mac Donald | Max O'RellPointed means fitted or furnished with tagged points or laces; wearing points; laced.
The Fatal Dowry | Philip MassingerIn the streets hawkers called their wares, ribbons, laces, patches.
A German Pompadour | Marie HayHere the lady sits, dressed in velvet lined with rich furs, and adorned with laces and jewels, having on her head a velvet cap.
British Dictionary definitions for lace
/ (leɪs) /
a delicate decorative fabric made from cotton, silk, etc, woven in an open web of different symmetrical patterns and figures
a cord or string drawn through holes or eyelets or around hooks to fasten a shoe or garment
ornamental braid often used on military uniforms, etc
a dash of spirits added to a beverage
to fasten (shoes, etc) with a lace
(tr) to draw (a cord or thread) through holes, eyes, etc, as when tying shoes
(tr) to compress the waist of (someone), as with a corset
(tr) to add a small amount of alcohol or drugs to (food or drink)
(tr; usually passive and foll by with) to streak or mark with lines or colours: the sky was laced with red
(tr) to intertwine; interlace
(tr) informal to give a sound beating to
Origin of lace
1Derived forms of lace
- lacelike, adjective
- lacer, noun
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