to lace
- verb
- /leɪs/
- What I'm saying is lace up your go get your gym shoes, lace up your shoes, put on a jogging suit.
- lace the shoe
They're cheeky though, but they have the lace up going up the back across the mesh.
- They're cheeky though, but they have the lace up going up the back across the mesh.
- What I'm saying is lace up your go get your gym shoes, lace up your shoes, put on a jogging suit.
- You know, there was a young lady from Thrace whose corsets were too tight to lace.
- It's impractical because some days lace up the buck crease.
- And just so I can drop, so I can just, you know, lace up a dope priest collar just to have some little bit of coverage, man.
Examples
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But now she was putting a white headband over her hair and lacing up her jogging shoes.
Fiction book (1990) -
I was just, uh, just lacing my shoes.
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Will you lace me up?
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You gotta lace 'em up that way.
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Alright, I'll lace you up.
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When Alma came downstairs, dressed and ready to go, Merritt was just lacing up his black wing-tips.
Fiction book (1993) -
Make sure to lace your shoes tightly before the race begins.
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He took a moment to lace up his boots before heading out into the snow.
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It is important to lace the tennis racket with the right tension for optimal performance.
Synonyms
Tie the strings on shoes or boots to make them tight
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
To fasten clothes very tightly by pulling their strings to shape or support the body
Compounds
A wild plant with many thin leaves and groups of small white flowers like a carrot that grows in fields
- Specialized
A handmade decorative cloth made by twisting thread wound on small wooden spools around pins on a pillow
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 Tight
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lace meaning to thread a cord through holes comes from the root laqueus meaning 'string', so it simply means to pull a cord through eyelets to fasten something. That's why you lace your shoes or skates before you go out.