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lace

(lās)

1. A cord or ribbon used to draw and tie together two opposite edges, as of a shoe.

2. A delicate fabric made of yarn or thread in an open weblike pattern. Also called lacework.

3. Gold or silver braid ornamenting an officer's uniform.

v. laced, lac·ing, lac·es

v.tr.

1. To thread a cord through the eyelets or around the hooks of.

a. To draw together and tie the laces of.

b. To restrain or constrict by tightening laces, especially of a corset.

3. To pull or pass through; intertwine: lace garlands through a trellis.

4. To trim or decorate with or as if with lace.

a. To add a touch of flavor to: "today's chefs love to lace their goods with lively, pronounced flavors" (David Rosengarten).

b. To add a substance, especially an intoxicant or narcotic, to: laced the eggnog with rum and brandy.

c. To add or intersperse with something in order to produce a certain effect: "Quacks now lace their pitch with scientific terms that may sound authentic to the uninformed" (Jane E. Brody).

6. To streak with color.

7. To give a beating to; thrash: laced his opponent in the second round.

v.intr.

To be fastened or tied with laces or a lace.

Phrasal Verb:

lace into Informal

To attack; assail: laced into me for arriving so late.

[Middle English, from Old French las, noose, string, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, from Latin laqueus, noose; probably akin to lacere, to entice, ensnare.]

lace′less adj.

lac′er n.

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lace

(leɪs)

1. (Textiles) a delicate decorative fabric made from cotton, silk, etc, woven in an open web of different symmetrical patterns and figures

2. (Clothing & Fashion) a cord or string drawn through holes or eyelets or around hooks to fasten a shoe or garment

3. (Clothing & Fashion) ornamental braid often used on military uniforms, etc

4. (Brewing) a dash of spirits added to a beverage

5. to fasten (shoes, etc) with a lace

6. (tr) to draw (a cord or thread) through holes, eyes, etc, as when tying shoes

7. (tr) to compress the waist of (someone), as with a corset

8. (tr) to add a small amount of alcohol or drugs to (food or drink)

9. (and foll by: with) to streak or mark with lines or colours: the sky was laced with red.

10. (tr) to intertwine; interlace

11. (tr) informal to give a sound beating to

[C13 las, from Old French laz, from Latin laqueus noose]

ˈlaceˌlike adj

ˈlacer n

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lace

(leɪs)

n., v. laced, lac•ing. n.

1. a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.

2. a cord or string for holding or drawing together, as when passed through holes in opposite edges.

3. ornamental cord or braid.

v.t.

4. to fasten, draw together, or compress by or as if by means of a lace.

5. to pass (a cord, leather strip, etc.), as through holes.

6. to interlace; intertwine.

7. to adorn or trim with lace.

8. to add a small amount of alcoholic liquor or other substance to: coffee laced with brandy.

9. to beat; thrash.

10. to compress the waist of (a person) by drawing tight the laces of a corset, or the like.

11. to mark or streak, as with color.

v.i.

12. to be fastened with a lace.

13. to attack physically or verbally (usu. fol. by into).

[1175–1225; Middle English las < Old French laz, las « Latin laqueus noose]

lace

Past participle: laced
Gerund: lacing

Imperative
lace
lace

Present
I lace
you lace
he/she/it laces
we lace
you lace
they lace

Preterite
I laced
you laced
he/she/it laced
we laced
you laced
they laced

Present Continuous
I am lacing
you are lacing
he/she/it is lacing
we are lacing
you are lacing
they are lacing

Present Perfect
I have laced
you have laced
he/she/it has laced
we have laced
you have laced
they have laced

Past Continuous
I was lacing
you were lacing
he/she/it was lacing
we were lacing
you were lacing
they were lacing

Past Perfect
I had laced
you had laced
he/she/it had laced
we had laced
you had laced
they had laced

Future
I will lace
you will lace
he/she/it will lace
we will lace
you will lace
they will lace

Future Perfect
I will have laced
you will have laced
he/she/it will have laced
we will have laced
you will have laced
they will have laced

Future Continuous
I will be lacing
you will be lacing
he/she/it will be lacing
we will be lacing
you will be lacing
they will be lacing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been lacing
you have been lacing
he/she/it has been lacing
we have been lacing
you have been lacing
they have been lacing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been lacing
you will have been lacing
he/she/it will have been lacing
we will have been lacing
you will have been lacing
they will have been lacing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been lacing
you had been lacing
he/she/it had been lacing
we had been lacing
you had been lacing
they had been lacing

Conditional
I would lace
you would lace
he/she/it would lace
we would lace
you would lace
they would lace

Past Conditional
I would have laced
you would have laced
he/she/it would have laced
we would have laced
you would have laced
they would have laced

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Noun	1.	lace - a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment) lacing bootlace - a long lace for fastening boots cord - a line made of twisted fibers or threads; "the bundle was tied with a cord" shoe - footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material shoe lace, shoelace, shoestring, shoe string - a lace used for fastening shoes
	2.	lace - a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns Brussels lace - fine lace with a raised or applique design cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" filet - lace having a square mesh macrame - a relatively coarse lace; made by weaving and knotting cords bobbin lace, pillow lace - a handmade lace worked on a pillow with threads wound on bobbins; the pattern is marked out on the pillow by pins needlepoint, point lace - lace worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern
Verb	1.	lace - spin,wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts" enlace, interlace, intertwine, twine, entwine distort, twine, twist - form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted" wreathe, wind - form into a wreath twine - make by twisting together or intertwining; "twine a rope" wattle - interlace to form wattle plash, pleach - interlace the shoots of; "pleach a hedge" ravel, tangle, knot - tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story" splice - join by interweaving strands; "Splice the wires"
	2.	lace - make by braiding or interlacing; "lace a tablecloth" braid, plait handicraft - a craft that requires skillful hands tissue, weave - create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton; "tissue textiles"
	3.	lace - do lacework; "The Flemish women were lacing in front of the cathedral" handicraft - a craft that requires skillful hands tissue, weave - create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton; "tissue textiles"
	4.	lace - draw through eyes or holes; "lace the shoelaces" lace up tie, bind - fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied their victim to the chair" relace - lace again; "She relaced her boots"
	5.	lace - add alcohol to (beverages); "the punch is spiked!" fortify, spike cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

lace

noun

1. netting, net, filigree, tatting, meshwork, openwork a plain white lace bedspread

2. cord, tie, string, lacing, thong, shoelace, bootlace He was sitting on the bed, tying the laces of an old pair of running shoes.

verb

1. fasten, tie, tie up, do up, secure, bind, close, attach, thread No matter how tightly I lace these shoes, my ankles wobble.

2. mix, drug, doctor, add to, spike, contaminate, fortify, adulterate She laced his food with sleeping pills.

3. enrich, pepper, spice, sprinkle, enliven, liven up a speech laced with wry humour

4. intertwine, interweave, entwine, twine, interlink He took to lacing his fingers together in an attempt to keep his hands still.

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Translations

تخْريم بالأبْرَهتَخْزِيـمَةٌرِباطرِبَاطُ الـحِذَاءيرْبُط، يَشُد

krajkakrajkovýtkanicetkaničkazašňerovat

kniplingkniplings-snøresnørebåndsnørrebånd

Spitze Schnürsenkel zuschnüren schnüren

δαντέλα κορδόνι

encaje cordón amarrar atar cinta

pitsinauha

dentelle lacet lac

čipkavezice

csipke

blúndareimaskóreim

merletto laccio pizzo allacciare correggere

ひもレース

레이스

batraištisnėriniairaištissuvarstytiužrišti

auklamežģīnesmežģīņu-saitesasiet

kant veter

knipling lisse skolisse snøre blonde

koronka sznurówka

renda cadarço cordão laço

кружево шнурок

čipkačipkovýšnúrkazašnurovať

čipkavezalka

spetssnören

เชือกรองเท้าลูกไม้

dantel kordon bağ bağcık bağlamak

dây buộc

花边鞋带用带子束紧

lace

[leɪs]

A. N

1. (= open fabric) → encaje m; (as trimming) → puntilla f; [of gold, silver] → galón m

2. [of shoe, corset] → cordón m, agujeta f (Mex)

B. CPD → de encaje

C. VT

1. (also lace up) [+ shoes] → atar (los cordones de)

2. (= fortify with spirits) [+ drink] → echar licor a
a drink laced with brandy → una bebida con un chorrito de coñac
a drink laced with cyanide → una bebida envenenada con or con dosis de cianuro

3. (fig) the story is laced with irony → la historia tiene una vena irónica, la historia está teñida de ironía

lace into VI + PREP to lace into sb → dar una paliza a algn

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

lace

[ˈleɪs]

(decorative) → dentelle f

[shoe] → lacet m
to tie one's laces → faire ses lacets
He spent ten minutes tying the laces of his shoes → Il a passé dix minutes à faire ses lacets.

modif [collar, blouse] → en dentelle
a black lace blouse → un chemisier en dentelle noire
a white lace handkerchief → un mouchoir en dentelle blanche

[+ shoe] → lacer
Her fingers were too cold to lace the tent flap
BUT Elle avait trop froid aux doigts pour nouer le rabat de la tente.

[+ drink] → arroser
to lace sth with sth [+ alcohol] → arroser qch de qch; [+ drugs] → mélanger qch à qch
She laced his food with sleeping pills → Elle mélangea des somnifères à sa nourriture.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

lace

(= fabric) → Spitze f; (as trimming) → Spitzenborte f → or -besatz m; (of gold, silver) → Tresse f, → Litze f

(of shoe) → (Schuh)band nt, → Schnürsenkel m

corset → schnüren; (also lace up) shoe → zubinden; (fig: also lace together) fingers → ineinander verschlingen

to lace a drink → einen Schuss Alkohol in ein Getränk geben; to lace a drink with drugs/poison → Drogen/Gift in ein Getränk mischen; laced with brandy → mit einem Schuss Weinbrand; a laced drink → ein Getränk mit Schuss; coffee laced with cyanide → Kaffee, dem Zyanid beigemischt wurde

(fig) speech, conversation → würzen; her comments were laced with sarcasm/humour (Brit) or humor (US) → ihre Bemerkungen waren mit Sarkasmus/Humor gewürzt

vi (shoes etc) → (zu)geschnürt werden

lace

lace-curtain

adj → der Mittelklasse or Mittelschicht

lace paper

n → Papierspitzen pl, → Spitzenpapier nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

lace

[leɪs]

1. n

a. (fabric) → pizzo, merletto

b. (of shoe) → laccio, stringa; (of corset) → laccio

2. adj → di pizzo

3. vt

a. (also lace up) (shoes) → allacciare

b. (drink, with spirits) → correggere; (with poison) → avvelenare

lace

(leis) noun

1. a string or cord for fastening shoes etc. I need a new pair of laces for my tennis shoes.

2. delicate net-like decorative fabric made with fine thread. Her dress was trimmed with lace; (also adjective) a lace shawl.

verb

to fasten or be fastened with a lace which is threaded through holes. Lace (up) your boots firmly.

lace

→ تَخْزِيـمَةٌ, رِبَاطُ الـحِذَاء krajka, tkanička knipling, snørrebånd Schnürsenkel, Spitze δαντέλα, κορδόνι cordón, encaje nauha, pitsi dentelle, lacet čipka, vezice lacci, merletto ひも, レース 레이스 kant, veter knipling, lisse koronka, sznurówka cadarço, cordão, laço, renda кружево, шнурок snören, spets เชือกรองเท้า, ลูกไม้ bağcık, dantel dây buộc 花边, 鞋带

lace

vt adulterar; laced with..adulterado con

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Although her dress, her coiffure, and all the preparations for the ball had cost Kitty great trouble and consideration, at this moment she walked into the ballroom in her elaborate tulle dress over a pink slip as easily and simply as though all the rosettes and lace, all the minute details of her attire, had not cost her or her family a moment's attention, as though she had been born in that tulle and lace, with her hair done up high on her head, and a rose and two leaves on the top of it.

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Moreover, I have no blond or other lace; so THERE is another item to be purchased, since Bwikov declares that he cannot have his bride look like a cook, but, on the contrary, she must "put the noses of the great ladies out of joint." That is his expression.

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However, they lifted her up, and when they found what ailed her, they cut the lace; and in a little time she began to breathe, and very soon came to life again.

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Who in this humble out-of-the-way cottage could afford to wear that exquisite cambric petticoat edged with a fine and very expensive lace? And surely it was on no country legs that those delicately clocked and open-worked silk stockings walked invisible through the world.

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It was covered with a lace cloth and draped with green wreaths.

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The Boots and the Broker were sharpening a spade-- Each working the grindstone in turn: But the Beaver went on making lace, and displayed No interest in the concern:

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The latter quickly spied out the magnificence of the brocade of Becky's train, and the splendour of the lace on her dress.

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I made a venture or two among the lace folks and the milliners, and particularly at one shop where I got notice of two young women who were newly set up, and had not been bred to the trade.

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That afternoon three cheerful-looking Italians strolled about Black Hawk, looking at everything, and with them was a dark, stout woman who wore a long gold watch-chain about her neck and carried a black lace parasol.

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Escaping from her father she ran to hide her flushed face in the lace of her mother's mantilla- not paying the least attention to her severe remark- and began to laugh.

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But Hetty seemed to have made up her mind that something was wanting, for she got up and reached an old black lace scarf out of the linen-press, and a pair of large ear-rings out of the sacred drawer from which she had taken her candles.

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"For their holiday suits they had coats of figured velvet, crimson, green, blue, and all other gay colors, embroidered with gold or silver lace. Their waistcoats, which were five times as large as modern ones, were very splendid.

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