Meaning

8 senses
  1. (ergative, transitive)To fasten (something) with laces.

    schnüren, binden, zusammenbinden

    прониза́тьpronizátʹ, прокры́тьprokrýtʹ, связа́тьsvjazátʹ

  2. (transitive)To interweave items.

    to lace one's fingers together

    einspeichen

  3. (transitive)To interweave the spokes of a bicycle wheel.

  4. (transitive)To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.

    make by braiding or interlacing

  5. (transitive)To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material.

    cloth laced with silver

  6. (figuratively, transitive)To intersperse or diversify with something.

  7. (transitive)To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink).

    zugeben, versetzen, verunreinigen

    подмеша́тьpodmešátʹ, смеша́тьsmešátʹ, напои́тьnapoítʹ

    add alcohol to (beverages)

  8. (transitive)To cover intricately with bands, strips, or the like, so as to resemble a lace.

Examples

62 sentences
  1. Tom bought new laces for his shoes.

    ruТом купил новые шнурки для ботинок.

    deTom hat neue Schnürsenkel gekauft.

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  2. I bought lace curtains for my bedroom window.

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  3. She laced her shoes.

    ruОна зашнуровала свои ботинки.

    deSie schnürte sich die Schuhe.

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  4. Mary crochets lace every night.

    ruМэри каждую ночь вяжет кружево.

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  5. Tom laced his shoes.

    ruТом зашнуровал ботинки.

    deTom band sich die Schnürsenkel zu.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
fasten with laces:
add something harmful to:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
fasten with laces:
interweave the spokes:
add something harmful to:

Origin

From Middle English lacen, lasen, from Old French lacer, lacier, lasser, lachier, from the

From Middle English lacen, lasen, from Old French lacer, lacier, lasser, lachier, from the noun (see above).

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Forms

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

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personslaced

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill lace

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

20 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

48 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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