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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lace /leɪs/USA pronunciation n., v., laced, lac•ing. n. - Textiles[uncountable] a netlike fabric of threads made by hand or machine, often used for decoration.
- Textiles[countable] a cord or string for holding or drawing together, esp., a shoelace.
v. - to fasten, draw together, or compress by or as if by means of a lace: [~ + object]He laced the canopy onto the tent.[~ + up + object]She laced up her ice skates.[~ + object + up]She laced the skates up.
- to add a small amount of alcoholic liquor or other substance to:[~ + object]laced the coffee with a little brandy.
- to attack physically or verbally:[~ + into + object]The candidate laced into her opponent.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lace (lās),USA pronunciation n., v., laced, lac•ing. n. - Textilesa netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Textilesa cord or string for holding or drawing together, as when passed through holes in opposite edges.
- ornamental cord or braid, esp. of gold or silver, used to decorate uniforms, hats, etc.
- a small amount of alcoholic liquor or other substance added to food or drink.
v.t. - 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.
- Textilesto 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.
v.i. - to be fastened with a lace:These shoes lace up the side.
- to attack physically or verbally (often fol. by into):The teacher laced into his students.
- Middle French lacier, lasser, lachier (French lacer) Latin laqueāre to enclose in a noose, trap
- Old French laz, las Latin laqueus noose; (verb, verbal) Middle English lasen
- (noun, nominal) Middle English las 1175–1225
lace′like′, adj. lac′er, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: lace /leɪs/ n - 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
vb - to fasten (shoes, etc) with a lace
- (transitive) to draw (a cord or thread) through holes, eyes, etc, as when tying shoes
- (transitive) to compress the waist of (someone), as with a corset
- (transitive) to add a small amount of alcohol or drugs to (food or drink)
- (tr; usually passive) and followed by with: to streak or mark with lines or colours: the sky was laced with red
- (transitive) to intertwine; interlace
- (transitive) informal to give a sound beating to
Etymology: 13th Century las, from Old French laz, from Latin laqueus noose |