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lace

noun

1 a dress trimmed with white lace:

openwork, lacework, tatting, netting, net, tulle, meshwork, mesh, webbing;

Chantilly lace, Brussels lace, fishnet, filigree, passementerie, bobbinet, needlepoint (lace), point lace, filet, bobbin lace, pillow lace, duchesse lace, Honiton lace, Nottingham lace, Shetland lace, guipure, rosaline.

2 brown shoes with laces:

shoelace, bootlace, shoestring, lacing, string, cord, thong, twine, tie;

archaic latchet.

verb

1 he laced up his running shoes:

fasten, do up, tie up, secure;

bind, knot, truss.

▷antonyms undo.

2 he laced his fingers into mine:

entwine, intertwine, twine, entangle, interweave, interlink, link;

crisscross, braid, plait.

3 tea laced with rum:

flavor, mix (in), blend, fortify, strengthen, stiffen, season, spice (up), imbue, infuse, enrich, enliven, liven up;

doctor, adulterate, contaminate, drug;

informal spike, boost.

4 her brown hair was laced with gray:

streak, stripe, striate, band, line;

mark, smear, daub.

□ lace intoinformal

1 Danny laced into him and punched him in the stomach:

set upon, fall on, attack, assault, assail, beat, thrash, tear into, turn on, lash out at, round on, drub, thump, batter, hammer, pummel, hit out at, strike out at, (let) fly at, weigh into, belabor;

informal lay into, light into, sail into, pitch into, paste, let someone have it;

British, informal set about, have a go at.

2 Marion laced into her opponent with a blistering criticism:

castigate, censure, condemn, lambaste, criticize, harangue, rant/rave/rail at, attack;

scold, berate, upbraid, reprimand, rebuke, chide, reprove, admonish;

informal lay into, pitch into;

British, informal have a go at;

North American, informal light into.