lace
A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single threadA light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.
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» Tom bought new laces for his shoes.
Tom hat neue Schnürsenkel gekauft. — pejcinovick
Том купил новые шнурки для ботинок. — marafon
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(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
(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)
(countable, uncountable)A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.
(countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable)Spirits added to coffee or another beverage.
Examples
62 sentencesTom bought new laces for his shoes.
ruТом купил новые шнурки для ботинок. — marafon
deTom hat neue Schnürsenkel gekauft. — pejcinovick
I bought lace curtains for my bedroom window.
She laced her shoes.
ruОна зашнуровала свои ботинки. — Lenin_1917
deSie schnürte sich die Schuhe. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Mary crochets lace every night.
ruМэри каждую ночь вяжет кружево. — sharptoothed
Tom laced his shoes.
ruТом зашнуровал ботинки. — marafon
deTom band sich die Schnürsenkel zu. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English lace, laace, las, from Old French las, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, baseFrom 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: lacesSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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