lace

verb

1. To draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets

   "laces her fingers behind her head"

2. To draw or pass (something, such as a lace) through something (such as eyelets)
3. To confine or compress by tightening laces of a garment
4. To adorn with or as if with lace

   "the surrounding countryside was laced with villages and hamlets"

5. To mark with streaks of color
6. Beat, lash
7. To add a dash of liquor to
8. To add something to impart pungency, savor, or zest to

   "a sauce laced with garlic"

9. To adulterate with a substance

   "laced a guard's coffee with a sedative"

10. To admit of being tied or fastened with a lace
11. To make a verbal attack

noun

1. A cord or string used for drawing together two edges (as of a garment or a shoe)
2. An ornamental braid for trimming coats or uniforms
3. An openwork usually figured fabric made of thread or yarn and used for trimmings, household coverings, and entire garments

adjective

1. Copying middle-class attributes aspiring to middle-class standing

noun

1. A shoe or boot that is fastened with laces

   "a pair of lace-ups"

noun

1. Any of various fine needlepoint or bobbin laces with floral designs made originally in or near Brussels
2. A machine-made net of hexagonal mesh

noun

1. A delicate silk, linen, or synthetic lace having a 6-sided mesh ground and a floral or scrolled design

noun

1. Lace made with a bobbin

noun

1. Needlepoint

noun

1. A widely naturalized Eurasian biennial herb (Daucus carota) which has a whitish acrid taproot and flat lacelike clusters of tiny white flowers and from which the cultivated carrot originated

noun

1. A light or humorous verse form of five chiefly anapestic verses of which lines 1, 2, and 5 are of three feet and lines 3 and 4 are of two feet with a rhyme scheme of aabba