Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To fasten the laces of something.

  2. (transitive)To insert (film) into a projector.

More definitions
  • draw through eyes or holes

Examples

8 sentences

  1. Mary laced up her boots.

    Мері зашнурувала черевики. — deniko

    ruМэри зашнуровала ботинки. — Wezel

    deMaria schnürte sich die Stiefel zu. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Tom and Mary laced up their boots.

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  3. The soccer player is lacing up his shoes.

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  4. Dmitri laced up his shoes and stepped out of his tent.

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  5. Tom laced up his boots.

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Forms

laces up, lacing up, laced up, laced up
Base formlace up · to lace up
3rd person singularlaces up
Present participlelacing up
Past simplelaced up
Past participlelaced up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylace up
he, she, itlaces up

Past simpleLesson

all personslaced up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave laced up
he, she, ithas laced up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill lace up

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • draw through eyes or holes:lace

Antonyms

1 antonyms
unlace

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
labyrinthlacelaceratelackA2
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