lace

Fetched 2026-11-03 (live).

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Noun

1. A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.
2. 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!
3. A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.
4. Spirits added to coffee or another beverage.

Verb

1. To fasten (something) with laces.
2. To interweave items.
   • to lace one's fingers together
3. To interweave the spokes of a bicycle wheel.
4. To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.
5. To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material.
   • cloth laced with silver
6. To intersperse or diversify with something.
7. To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink).
8. To cover intricately with bands, strips, or the like, so as to resemble a lace.

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