lace.
A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.
Meaning & usage
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.
your laces are untied, do them up!
A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.
Spirits added to coffee or another beverage.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lace, laace, las, from Old French las, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, based on Latin laqueus. Doublet of lasso.
To fasten (something) with laces.
To interweave items.
to lace one's fingers together
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.
cloth laced with silver
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 a lace.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lacen, lasen, from Old French lacer, lacier, lasser, lachier, from the noun (see above).
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