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Adjective: laced  leyst
  1. Closed with a lace
    "snugly laced shoes";
    - tied
     
  2. Edged or streaked with colour
    "white blossoms with purple-laced petals"
Verb: lace  leys
  1. Spin, wind, or twist together
    "lace the ribbons";
    - intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, interwind, intwine [archaic]
     
  2. (handicraft) make by braiding or interlacing
    "lace a tablecloth";
    - braid, plait
     
  3. (handicraft) do lacework
    "The Flemish women were lacing in front of the cathedral"
     
  4. Draw through eyes or holes
    "lace the shoelaces";
    - lace up
     
  5. (cooking) add alcohol to (beverages)
    "the punch is laced!";
    - spike, fortify

See also: patterned

Type of: alter, bind, change, distort, modify, tie, tissue, twine, twist, weave

Encyclopedia: Laced

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