1 [U] a delicate fabric made from threads of cotton, silk, etc. that are woven into a pattern of holes:
a lace handkerchief * a tablecloth edged with lace
seealsoLACY
2 [C] = SHOELACE:
Your laces are undone.
Part of speech: verb
1 ~ (sth) (up) to be fastened with laces; to fasten sth with laces:
[V] She was wearing a dress that laced up at the side. * [VN] He was sitting on the bed lacing up his shoes.
seealsoLACE-UP
2 [V] to put a lace through the holes in a shoe, a boot, etc.
relatednounLACE-UP
3 [VN] ~ sth (with sth) to add a small amount of alcohol, a drug, poison, etc. to a drink:
He had laced her milk with rum.
4 [VN] ~ sth (with sth) to add a particular quality to a book, speech, etc:
Her conversation was laced with witty asides.
5 [VN] to weave or twist sth together with another thing:
They sat with their fingers laced.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for lace is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is lace a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, lace is tagged as noun.
Does lace appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — lace appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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