Definition of "lace" in Anglais

noun

1. (uncountable) A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.

   • c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers Our English dames are much given to the wearing of very fine and costly laces.

2. (countable) A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly.

   • your laces are untied, do them up!

3. A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.

4. (slang, obsolete) Spirits added to coffee or another beverage.

verb

1. (ergative) To fasten (something) with laces.

2. (transitive) To interweave items.

   • to lace one's fingers together

3. (transitive, cycling) To interweave the spokes of a bicycle wheel.

4. (transitive) To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.

5. (transitive) To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material.

   • cloth laced with silver

6. (transitive, figuratively) To intersperse or diversify with something.

7. (transitive) To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink).

8. (transitive) To cover intricately with bands, strips, or the like, so as to resemble lace.