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ALL meanings of lace

lace
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  • noun lace a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine. 1
  • noun lace a cord or string for holding or drawing together, as when passed through holes in opposite edges. 1
  • noun lace ornamental cord or braid, especially of gold or silver, used to decorate uniforms, hats, etc. 1
  • noun lace a small amount of alcoholic liquor or other substance added to food or drink. 1
  • verb with object lace to fasten, draw together, or compress by or as if by means of a lace. 1
  • verb with object lace to pass (a cord, leather strip, etc.), as through holes. 1
  • verb with object lace to interlace or intertwine. 1
  • verb with object lace to adorn or trim with lace. 1
  • verb with object lace to add a small amount of alcoholic liquor or other substance to (food or drink): He took his coffee laced with brandy. 1
  • verb with object lace to lash, beat, or thrash. 1
  • verb with object lace to compress the waist of (a person) by drawing tight the laces of a corset, or the like. 1
  • verb with object lace to mark or streak, as with color. 1
  • verb without object lace to be fastened with a lace: These shoes lace up the side. 1
  • verb without object lace to attack physically or verbally (often followed by into): The teacher laced into his students. 1
  • noun Technical meaning of lace Language for Assembling Classes in Eiffel. Specifies how to assemble an Eiffel system : in which directories to find the clusters, which class to use as the root, permits class renaming to avoid name clashes. "Eiffel: The Language", Bertrand Meyer, P-H 1992. 1
  • noun lace A fine open fabric, typically one of cotton or silk, made by looping, twisting, or knitting thread in patterns and used especially for trimming garments. 1
  • noun lace clothing, fabric 1
  • noun lace made of lace 1
  • noun lace on shoes 1
  • transitive verb lace shoes 1
  • transitive verb lace with alcohol, poison 1
  • transitive verb lace corset 1
  • transitive verb lace beat 1
  • noun lace (Uncountable Noun) A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.W. 0
  • noun lace (Countable Noun) A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly.W. 0
  • noun lace A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net. 0
  • noun lace (Slang) OBS Spirits added to coffee or another beverage. 0
  • verb lace (Transitive Verb) To fasten (something) with laces. 0
  • verb lace (Transitive Verb) To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink). 0
  • verb lace (Transitive Verb) To interweave items. 0
  • uncountable noun lace Lace is a very delicate cloth which is made with a lot of holes in it. It is made by twisting together very fine threads of cotton to form patterns. 0
  • verb lace (Transitive Verb) To interweave the spokes of a bicycle wheel. 0
  • countable noun lace Laces are thin pieces of material that are put through special holes in some types of clothing, especially shoes. The laces are tied together in order to tighten the clothing. 0
  • verb lace To beat; to lash; to make stripes on. 0
  • verb lace If you lace something such as a pair of shoes, you tighten the shoes by pulling the laces through the holes, and usually tying them together. 0
  • verb lace To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material. 0
  • verb lace Lace up means the same as lace. 0
  • verb lace To lace food or drink with a substance such as alcohol or a drug means to put a small amount of the substance into the food or drink. 0
  • verb lace If you lace your speech or writing with words of a particular kind, you include a lot of those words in what you say or write. 0
  • verb lace If you lace your fingers together, you put the palms of your hands together and fold your fingers over, fitting the fingers of one hand between the fingers of the other. 0
  • noun lace a delicate decorative fabric made from cotton, silk, etc, woven in an open web of different symmetrical patterns and figures 0
  • noun lace a cord or string drawn through holes or eyelets or around hooks to fasten a shoe or garment 0
  • noun lace ornamental braid often used on military uniforms, etc 0
  • noun lace a dash of spirits added to a beverage 0
  • verb lace to fasten (shoes, etc) with a lace 0
  • verb lace to draw (a cord or thread) through holes, eyes, etc, as when tying shoes 0
  • verb lace to compress the waist of (someone), as with a corset 0
  • verb lace to add a small amount of alcohol or drugs to (food or drink) 0
  • verb lace to streak or mark with lines or colours 0
  • verb lace to intertwine; interlace 0
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