lace
verb/leɪs/
/leɪs/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they lace | /leɪs/ /leɪs/ |
| he / she / it laces | /ˈleɪsɪz/ /ˈleɪsɪz/ |
| past simple laced | /leɪst/ /leɪst/ |
| past participle laced | /leɪst/ /leɪst/ |
| -ing form lacing | /ˈleɪsɪŋ/ /ˈleɪsɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to be fastened with laces; to fasten something with laces
- lace (up) She was wearing a dress that laced up at the side.
- lace something (up) He was sitting on the bed lacing up his shoes.
- I laced my walking boots up tightly.
- [transitive] lace something to put a lace through the holes in a shoe, a boot, etc. related noun lace-up
- [transitive] lace something (with something) to add a small amount of alcohol, a drug, poison, etc. to a drink synonym spike
- He had laced her milk with rum.
- The chocolates had been laced with arsenic.
- [transitive] lace something (with something) to add a particular quality to a book, speech, etc.
- Her conversation was laced with witty asides.
- Irene's voice was heavily laced with irony.
- [transitive] lace something to twist something together with another thing
- They sat with their fingers laced.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French laz, las (noun), lacier (verb), based on Latin laqueus ‘noose’ (also an early sense in English). Compare with lasso.
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