How to pronounce “lace”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (uncountable) A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.
• (countable) A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly.
• A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.
• (slang, obsolete) Spirits added to coffee or another beverage.
• [Verb]
• (ergative) To fasten (something) with laces.
• (transitive) To interweave items.
• (transitive, cycling) To interweave the spokes of a bicycle wheel.
• (transitive) To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.
• (transitive) To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material.
• (transitive, figuratively) To intersperse or diversify with something.
• (transitive) To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink).
• [Adverb]
• wearily

Practice Nearby Words

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