Meaning

4 senses
  1. (uncountable)A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.

    c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers Our English dames are much given to the wearing of very fine and costly laces.

    Spitze

    кру́жевоkrúževo

    мере́живоmeréžyvo, мере́жкаmeréžka

  2. (countable)A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly.

    your laces are untied, do them up!

    a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)

  3. (countable, uncountable)A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.

  4. (countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable)Spirits added to coffee or another beverage.

Examples

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

    ruТом купил новые шнурки для ботинок. — marafon

    deTom hat neue Schnürsenkel gekauft. — pejcinovick

  2. I bought lace curtains for my bedroom window.

  3. She laced her shoes.

    ruОна зашнуровала свои ботинки. — Lenin_1917

    deSie schnürte sich die Schuhe. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Mary crochets lace every night.

    ruМэри каждую ночь вяжет кружево. — sharptoothed

  5. Tom laced his shoes.

    ruТом зашнуровал ботинки. — marafon

    deTom band sich die Schnürsenkel zu. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
fabric:
Русский
By meaning 1
fabric:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
fabric:

Origin

From Middle English lace, laace, las, from Old French las, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, base

From Middle English lace, laace, las, from Old French las, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, based on Latin laqueus. Doublet of lasso.

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Forms

plural: laces
Singularlace
Plurallaces

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
cord; for a garment:tieA2
cord; for a shoe:shoelace
Close in meaning
  • a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment):lacing

Word family

1 related words
Relatedlacy

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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