[ US /ˈɫeɪs/ ]
[ UK /lˈe‍ɪs/ ]
VERB
  1. do lacework
    The Flemish women were lacing in front of the cathedral
  2. add alcohol to (beverages)
    the punch is spiked!
  3. draw through eyes or holes
    lace the shoelaces
  4. spin, wind, or twist together
    intertwined hearts
    intertwine the ribbons
    Twine the threads into a rope
  5. make by braiding or interlacing
    lace a tablecloth
NOUN
  1. a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
  2. a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns
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How To Use lace In A Sentence

  • Their dried dung is found everywhere, and is in many places the only fuel afforded by the plains; their skulls, which last longer than any other part of the animal, are among the most familiar of objects to the plainsman; their bones are in many districts so plentiful that it has become a regular industry, followed by hundreds of men (christened "bone hunters" by the frontiersmen), to go out with wagons and collect them in great numbers for the sake of the phosphates they yield; and Bad Lands, plateaus, and prairies alike, are cut up in all directions by the deep ruts which were formerly buffalo trails. VIII. The Lordly Buffalo
  • The main square is called “Rynek” (which basically means “central market place”), and in the middle there are two buildings: “Ratusz” or City Hall (compare with German “Rathaus”) and “Sukiennice”, a long one-level building not unlike a bazaar, filled with stores. Matthew Yglesias » Krakow
  • He was going back to the place where there was no feeling, because emotion and love were not allowed.
  • To avoid leaving the center posts in the permanent work, two rows of temporary posts were placed, as shown by Fig. 1, Plate LX, the center wall and skewback were built, and the posts were removed, as shown by Fig. 2, Plate LX, before placing the remainder of the lining. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Cross-Town Tunnels. Paper No. 1158
  • Just before serving, prepare a few small cheese ravioli and place them in each bowl before you add the soup.
  • In many places, glittering among the clothes, were gold and silver coins, a few silver ornaments such as buckles, and watches -- things not missed by the pirates in the transport of their flight. The Frozen Pirate
  • Leaving London they went to Paris, where they passed a few days, but soon grew weary of the place; and Lord Chetwynde, feeling a kind of languor, which seemed to him like a premonition of disease, he decided to go to Germany. The Cryptogram A Novel
  • Assemble the table on a level surface, turn the top wheel upside down and place the seat wheel on top of it.
  • You submit to subterfuge, you replace your ordinary parents by a little less ordinary, but still quite ordinary folks, Katrien and the commissaris. Just a Corpse at Twilight
  • Once the thrill of its discovery had passed, Peter got onto the business of exploring the place a little better.
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