lace

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

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

Synonyms

braid

shoelace

string

🪢

cord

twine

band

knot

🪢

lacing

tie

entwine

galloon

ribbon

🎀

thread

🧵

fortify

spike

embroidery

interlace

web

lace up

intertwine

enlace

tape

beat

ornamental braid

plait

weave

twist

lacy

increase

insert

intensify

interlard

intersperse

inweave

knit

lacework

lash

lasso

loom

net

openwork

oppress

point

put on

raddle

redound

repress

ruddle

run up

shoe lace

shoelaces

add

snare

spin

strand

strap

strike

stripe

suffix

swathe

taenia

tatting

texture

thrash

throw in

tie up

tighten

tinsel

tissue

toss in

trim

twiddle

wattle

webbing

weft

drawnwork

fiddle with

tenia

be hold of

tack on

tag on

all mark

lace punch

shoestrings

add on

add to

adjoin

admix

adorn

advance

append

augment

banding

belt

blend in

compress

cordon

crochet

cut in

decorate

embroider

enhance

exasperate

fasten

fillet

fringe

gain

gimp

girdle

hang

hook

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/leɪs/

Etymology

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