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Definitions for Lace
[1] a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
[2] a cord or string for holding or drawing together, as when passed through holes in opposite edges.
[3] ornamental cord or braid, especially of gold or silver, used to decorate uniforms, hats, etc.
[4] a small amount of alcoholic liquor or other substance added to food or drink.
[5] to fasten, draw together, or compress by or as if by means of a lace.
[6] to pass (a cord, leather strip, etc.), as through holes.
[7] to interlace or intertwine.
[8] to adorn or trim with lace.
[9] to add a small amount of alcoholic liquor or other substance to (food or drink): He took his coffee laced with brandy.
[10] to lash, beat, or thrash.
[11] to compress the waist of (a person) by drawing tight the laces of a corset, or the like.
[12] to mark or streak, as with color.
[13] to be fastened with a lace: These shoes lace up the side.
[14] to attack physically or verbally (often followed by into ): The teacher laced into his students.
[15] a delicate decorative fabric made from cotton, silk, etc, woven in an open web of different symmetrical patterns and figures
[16] a cord or string drawn through holes or eyelets or around hooks to fasten a shoe or garment
[17] ornamental braid often used on military uniforms, etc
[18] a dash of spirits added to a beverage
[19] to fasten (shoes, etc) with a lace
[20] (tr) to draw (a cord or thread) through holes, eyes, etc, as when tying shoes
[21] (tr) to compress the waist of (someone), as with a corset
[22] (tr) to add a small amount of alcohol or drugs to (food or drink)
[23] (tr; usually passive and foll by with ) to streak or mark with lines or colours the sky was laced with red
[24] (tr) to intertwine; interlace
[25] (tr) informal to give a sound beating to
Words related to Lace
mesh, ornament, thread, shoelace, mix, strap, fortify, interweave, spike, trim, edging, border, filigree, netting, net, trimming, tissue, openwork, crochet
Words nearby Lace
lac insect, lacan, laccadive islands, laccadive, minicoy, and amindivi islands, laccolith, lace, lace bug, lace glass, lace into, lace pillow, lace stay
Origin of Lace
1175–1225; (noun) Middle English las < Old French laz, las ≪ Latin laqueus noose; (v.) Middle English lasen < Middle French lacier, lasser, lachier (French lacer ) ≪ Latin laqueāre to enclose in a noose, trap
Other words from Lace
lace·like , adjective
lac·er , noun
re·lace , verb, re·laced, re·lac·ing.
well-laced , adjective
Word origin for Lace
C13 las, from Old French laz, from Latin laqueus noose
Synonyms for Lace
mesh, ornament, banding, border, crochet, edging, filigree, net, netting, openwork, tatting, tissue, trim, trimming, appliqué, threadwork