to lace
12
3.9
- verb
- /leɪs/
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- A voice behind the door offers a verbal challenge, speaking a language we've never heard, laced with a devilish cadence.
Examples
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To play with it a little bit, move around your greenery, kind of lace it between maybe some of your flowers.
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Old road tracks still lace the Bourbon County countryside.
Academic text (2004) -
But Mike laced fingers with her, and Snow felt that hot rush again.
Fiction book (1999) -
Hunter looked full circle around the table, then laced her fingers together.
Fiction book (1994) -
Migratory pathways lace the area, connecting the winter range with alpine terrain in five nearby mountain ranges.
Academic text (2009) -
The voice was deep, quiet, but laced with power sonics that beat hypnotically upon the ears of any listener.
Fiction book (1991) -
Our room was dim and low; there was a rosette molding laced with vines in the middle of the ceiling.
Fiction book (2001) -
To create a beautiful wreath, you can lace the vines and flowers together carefully.
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She learned to lace the threads tightly to ensure the fabric held together well.
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As the sun set, they began to lace the fishing nets for the next day’s catch.
Synonyms
62
3.5
To make cloth by crossing threads or to join things into a single piece
46
5.4
Twist things together so they become joined or tangled
33
2.0
To weave three or more strands of material together
21
5.4
To twist things together, often like plants or rope
6
5.1
To cross things like fingers or strings so they hold together
2
5.5
To braid hair, thread, or plants by crossing strands together
1
4.1
To twist threads together or wind them around something
1
9.9
To make lace by knotting thread with a small shuttle
1
9.2
To join things by twisting or linking them together
Phrasal Verbs
To fasten clothes very tightly by pulling their strings to shape or support the body
Compounds
1
8.4
A wild plant with many thin leaves and groups of small white flowers like a carrot that grows in fields
- Specialized
1
9.1
A handmade decorative cloth made by twisting thread wound on small wooden spools around pins on a pillow
1
9.1
A fine handmade cloth from Brussels with small open patterns and a raised design
A small insect with a thin net pattern on its wings and body that feeds on plant leaves
A low plant from Central America that grows along the ground and has frilly white flowers
- Specialized
Decorative cloth made by twisting and braiding thread on a cushion marked with pins
A small bush from the Canary Islands with white flowers and silvery leaves and hairy stems
- Specialized
A fine handmade lace with small flower patterns from Valenciennes in France
How Intricate
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lace meaning to intertwine or braid threads comes from the same idea of a 'string' or 'cord' (from laqueus), so it describes twisting threads together. That's why to lace ribbons, hair, or vines is to join them by weaving or braiding.