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Word: Lace
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: from Old French laz, las (noun), lacier (verb), based on Latin laqueus ‘noose’ (also an early sense in English). Compare with lasso
leɪs
a fine open fabric of cotton or silk, made by looping, twisting, or knitting thread in patterns and used especially for trimming garments
Short Definition:fine open fabric
Examples:- a dress trimmed in white lace
- a lace collar
- fine needlepoint laces
a cord or leather strip passed through eyelets or hooks on opposite sides of a shoe or garment and then pulled tight and fastened
Short Definition:strip passed through eyelets on shoe
Examples:- brown shoes with laces
Word: Lace
Speech Type: Verb
leɪs
fasten or tighten (a shoe or garment) by tying the laces
Short Definition:fasten or tighten by tying laces
Examples:- he put the shoes on and laced them up
entwine (things, especially fingers) together
Short Definition:entwine things together
Examples:- she laced her fingers together
add an ingredient, especially alcohol, to (a drink or dish) to enhance its flavour or strength
Short Definition:add ingredient to
Examples:- he gave us coffee laced with brandy
- he was left seriously ill after eating a meal allegedly laced with poison
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