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Verb: lace  leys
  1. Spin,wind, or twist together
    - intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace
     
  2. Make by braiding or interlacing
    "lace a tablecloth"
    - braid, plait
     
  3. Do lacework
    "The Flemish women were lacing in front of the cathedral"
     
  4. Draw through eyes or holes
    "lace the shoelaces"
    - lace up
     
  5. Add alcohol to (beverages)
    - spike, fortify
Noun: lace  leys
  1. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
    - lacing
     
  2. A delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns

Derived forms: laced, lacing, laces

See also: lacer, lacing, lacy

Type of: alter, bind, change, cloth, cord, distort, fabric, material, modify, textile, tie, tissue, twine, twist, weave

Part of: shoe

Encyclopedia: Lace