lace

Meaning of lace

noun
  1. a fine open fabric of cotton or silk, made by looping, twisting, or knitting thread in patterns and used especially for trimming garments.
    a dress trimmed in white lace
    a lace collar
    fine needlepoint laces
  2. a cord or leather strip passed through eyelets or hooks on opposite sides of a shoe or garment and then pulled tight and fastened.
    brown shoes with laces
verb
  1. fasten or tighten (a shoe or garment) by tying the laces.
    he put the shoes on and laced them up
  2. entwine (things, especially fingers) together.
    she laced her fingers together
  3. add an ingredient, especially alcohol, to (a drink or dish) to enhance its flavour or strength.
    he gave us coffee laced with brandy
    he was left seriously ill after eating a meal allegedly laced with poison

Middle English: from Old French laz, las (noun), lacier (verb), based on Latin laqueus ‘noose’ (also an early sense in English). Compare with lasso.

Information about lace

  • The plural form of lace is: laces.
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Hyphenation of lace

lace

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • lace is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

lace synonyms

Meaning lacing:

lacing

Meaning intertwine:

intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace

Meaning braid:

braid, plait

Meaning spike:

spike, fortify

Meaning ornamental work in cloth, metal, leather, or other material with regular patterns of openings and holes:

openwork

Meaning fabric or decorative items made of lace:

lacework

Meaning a kind of knotted lace made by hand with a small shuttle, used chiefly for trimming:

tatting

Meaning open-meshed material made by knotting together twine, wire, rope, or thread:

netting

Meaning a soft, fine silk, cotton, or nylon material like net, used for making veils and dresses:

tulle

Meaning an interlaced structure; a network:

meshwork

Meaning material made of a network of wire or thread:

mesh

Meaning strong, closely woven fabric used for making items such as straps and belts, and for supporting the seats of upholstered chairs:

webbing

Meaning a fabric with an open mesh resembling a fishing net:

fishnet

Meaning ornamental work of fine (typically gold or silver) wire formed into delicate tracery:

filigree

Meaning decorative trimming such as tassels, braid, and fringing, used on furniture and clothing (e.g. military uniforms):

passementerie

Meaning machine-made cotton net (imitating bobbin lace):

bobbinet

Meaning French spelling of fillet, used especially in the names of French or French-sounding dishes:

filet

Meaning a heavy lace consisting of embroidered motifs held together by large connecting stitches:

guipure

Meaning a cord or leather strip passed through eyelets or hooks on opposite sides of a shoe and pulled tight and fastened:

shoelace

Meaning a cord or leather strip for lacing boots:

bootlace

Meaning a small or inadequate budget:

shoestring

Meaning material consisting of threads of cotton, hemp, or other material twisted together to form a thin length:

string

Meaning thin, flexible string or rope made from several twisted strands:

cord

Meaning a narrow strip of leather or other material, used especially as a fastening or as the lash of a whip:

thong

Meaning a piece of string, cord, or similar used for fastening or tying something:

tie

Meaning a narrow thong or lace for fastening a shoe or sandal:

latchet

Meaning close or do up securely:

fasten

Meaning fix or attach (something) firmly so that it cannot be moved or lost:

secure

Meaning tie or fasten (something) tightly together:

bind

Meaning fasten with a knot:

knot

Meaning tie up the wings and legs of (a chicken or other bird) before cooking:

truss

Meaning cause to become twisted together with or caught in:

entangle

Meaning weave or become woven together:

interweave

Meaning join or connect (two or more things) together:

interlink

Meaning make, form, or suggest a connection with or between:

link

Meaning alter or enhance the taste of (food or drink) by adding a particular ingredient:

flavour

Meaning mix (a substance) with another substance so that they combine together:

blend

Meaning make or become stronger:

strengthen

Meaning make or become stiff or rigid:

stiffen

Meaning add salt, herbs, pepper, or other spices to (food):

season

Meaning inspire or permeate with (a feeling or quality):

imbue

Meaning fill; pervade:

infuse

Meaning improve or enhance the quality or value of:

enrich

Meaning make (something) more entertaining, interesting, or appealing:

enliven

Meaning alter the content of (food or drink) by adding strong or harmful ingredients:

doctor

Meaning render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance:

adulterate

Meaning make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance:

contaminate

Meaning administer a drug to (someone) in order to induce stupor or insensibility:

drug

Meaning help or encourage (something) to increase or improve:

boost

lace antonyms

Meaning unfasten, untie, or loosen (something):

undo

Translation of lace

Anagrams of lace

Acel, acle, alce, Alec, alec, Cale, Cela, Clea

Words that rhyme with lace

impalace, palace, stalace, Lovelace, anelace, belace, bridelace, curtelace, delace, relace, shoelace, Glace, demiglace, Silace, antimilace, filace, necklace, Wallace, bullace, fallace, anlace, enlace, inlace, unlace, Colace, solace, Laplace, Place, WorkPlace, anyplace, aplace, biplace, birthplace, byplace, commonplace, deplace, displace, emplace, everyplace, farmplace, fireplace, foreplace, homeplace, interplace, marketplace, misplace, monoplace, noplace, outplace, overplace

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