lace

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

1. (ergative) To fasten (something) with laces.
2. (transitive) To interweave items.
3. (transitive) To interweave the spokes of a bicycle wheel.
4. (transitive) To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.
5. (transitive) To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material.
6. (figuratively, transitive) To intersperse or diversify with something.
7. (transitive) To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink).

Synonyms

braid

shoelace

string

🪢

band

cord

twine

entwine

tie

knot

🪢

lacing

galloon

fortify

thread

🧵

embroidery

enlace

interlace

web

tape

spike

ribbon

🎀

lace up

intertwine

lacy

beat

ornamental braid

twist

weave

plait

fringe

fillet

fasten

blend in

advance

exasperate

belt

lacework

enhance

adorn

add to

knit

inweave

embroider

banding

intersperse

interlard

decorate

intensify

cut in

admix

insert

Translations

dentelle

encaje

Spitze

merletto

kant

pizzo

lacet

laccio

renda

cordón

δαντέλα

trina

κορδόνι

allacciare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/leɪs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: lace

Inherited from Middle English: lacen

In summary

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

Sentences

It was shredded , like lace after an attack from hyperactive kittens .