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Definition: Lace |
LaceNoun1. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment). 2. A delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns. Verb1. Spin or twist together so as to form a cord; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope". 2. Make by braiding. 3. Do lacework. 4. Draw through eyes or holes; "lace the shoelaces". 5. Add alcohol beverages. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "lace" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
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Computing | Lace Language for Assembling Classes in Eiffel. Specifies how to assemble an Eiffel system : in which directories to find the clusters, which class to use as the root, permits class renaming to avoid name clashes. "Eiffel: The Language", Bertrand Meyer, P-H 1992. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
19th Century Satire | Among women, lace means lesson; wherefore they combine art and thrift by lessening the waist. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Dream Interpretation | See to it, if you are a lover, that your sweetheart wears lace, as this dream brings fidelity in love and a rise in position. If a woman dreams of lace, she will be happy in the realization of her most ambitious desires, and lovers will bow to her edict. No questioning or imperiousness on their part. If you buy lace, you will conduct an expensive establishment, but wealth will be a solid friend. If you sell laces, your desires will outrun your resources. For a young girl to dream of making lace, forecasts that she will win a handsome, wealthy husband. If she dreams of garnishing her wedding garments with lace, she will be favored with lovers who will bow to her charms, but the wedding will be far removed from her. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
European Union | An ornamental or decorative openwork fabric. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Lace I'll lace your jacket for you, beat you. (French, laisse, a lash; German, laschen, to strike; our lash.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | Eng. Line cut, with the point of a pick, on slickensides. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Lace-making is an ancient craft.
- Needle Lace
- The most time-consuming but the most flexible of the lace-making arts, needle lace is regarded by purists as the height of lace-making. There are many types of needle lace — i.e. lace made using a needle and thread. Some of these laces can be made much more quickly than the finest of bobbin laces. On the other hand, some antique needle lace is made from a very fine thread that is not manufactured today.
- Bobbin Lace
- As the name suggests, bobbin lace is made with bobbins and pillows. The bobbins, turned from wood, bone or plastic, hold threads which are woven together and held in place with pins stuck in the pattern on the pillow. The pillows contain straw, preferably oat straw or other materials such as sawdust, insulation styrofoam or ethafoam. Bobbin lace can also be made using copper or silver wire instead of thread.
- Crochet Lace
- This includes Irish crochet.
- Tatting
- Tatted lace is made with a shuttle.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lace-making."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Needle lace is truly the pinnacle of lace-making arts, as it is the most flexible, and also the most time-consuming.It consists of using a needle to stitch up hundreds and hundreds of little stitches to form the lace itself.
Work is generally started by securing the main, heavier guiding threads onto a stiff background (eg thick paper) with stitches that can later be removed. The work then in a variety of stitches - the most basic being a variety of blanket stitch. When the entire area is covered with the stitching, the stay-stitches are released an the lace comes away from the paper.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Needle Lace."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
LACE | English | LWR Aerosol Containment Experiment | Nuclear Energy & Physics, Physics |
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Synonyms: LaceSynonyms: lacing (n), braid (v), enlace (v), entwine (v), fortify (v), interlace (v), intertwine (v), lace up (v), plait (v), spike (v), twine (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: untwine (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Crossing | Twine, entwine, weave, inweave, twist, wreathe; anastomose, inosculate, dovetail, splice, link; lace, tat. |
Net, plexus, web, mesh, twill, skein, sleeve, felt, lace; wicker; mat, matting; plait, trellis, wattle, lattice, grating, grille, gridiron, tracery, fretwork, filigree, reticle; tissue, netting, mokes; rivulation. | |
Junction | Attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast; Adjective: tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain; fetter; (restrain); lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple, link, yoke, bracket; marry; (wed); bridge over, span. |
Ornament | Embroidery; brocade, brocatelle, galloon, lace, fringe, trapping, border, edging, trimming; hanging, tapestry, arras; millinery, ermine; drap d'or. |
Punishment | Strike; deal a blow to, administer the lash, smite; slap, slap the face; smack, cuff, box the ears, spank, thwack, thump, beat, lay on, swinge, buffet; thresh, thrash, pummel, drub, leather, trounce, sandbag, baste, belabor; lace, lace one's jacket; dress, dress down, give a dressing, trim, warm, wipe, tund, cob, bang, strap, comb, lash, lick, larrup, wallop, whop, flog, scourge, whip, birch, cane, give the stick, switch, flagellate, horsewhip, bastinado, towel, rub down with an oaken towel, rib roast, dust one's jacket, fustigate, pitch into, lay about one, beat black and blue; beat to a mummy, beat to a jelly; give a black eye. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | I'm so sorry, Lace. I know how you hate surprises (Phenomenon; writing credit: Gerald Di Pego) | |
Lyrics | White lace and promises (We've Only Just Begun; performing artist: Carpenters) To a room with some lace and pAper flowers (Gypsy; performing artist: Fleetwood Mac; writing credit: Stevie Nicks) Done up in lace, done up in rubber (UNDERCOVER OF THE NIGHT; performing artist: Rolling Stones) Dressed in lace, uh, and a perfect shape (Dance & Shout; performing artist: Shaggy) Now let the lace fall across your shoulder (Strut; performing artist: Sheena Easton) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Lace of Summer (1973) Blood and Lace (1971) Slapstick and Old Lace (1971) Blonde in Black Lace (1971) Lace and Lash Agony of Love (1970) | |
Song Titles | Leather And Lace (performing artist: Stevie Nicks with Don Henley) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
Close up image of lace cactus. Credit: Paul W. Tanner. | Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) along Crowfoot Road. Credit: Terry Tuttle. | ||
![]() | Woman making lace in northern Ireland. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Rosalie Henriette Bediez Laborde, full-length portrait of a woman, three-quarters to right, standing, in costume with lace apron, holding bouquet. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Elderly woman in lace cap leaning on table, three-quarter-length portrait. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Lace and diamonds. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Girl wearing lace dress. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Mother of William Henry Jackson in lace jabot, seated. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Seventy-one years, or, My life with photography. Queen Anne's lace, one of our glamorous weeds. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Bust view of woman with long, blond, free-flowing hair, wearing lace. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Lace flower" by Emma Payne Commentary: "Lace flower." | "Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus car" by Bobbie Osborne Commentary: "(Daucus carota) Wild carrot is edible when young but the root (especially the center) soon gets tough. It is yellowish in color, spindle-shaped, slender, firm and woody; a pernicious weed in some areas. ." |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | The way he went after that plump sister in the lace tucker, was an outrage on the credulity of human nature |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | He wore a profusion of ribbons on his garment, and gold lace on his hat, which was also encircled by a gold chain, and surmounted with a feather |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | A similar sideboard, suitably draped with white linen and imitation lace, served for the altar which decorated the oratory |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Rody Kickham held the ball by its greasy lace. |
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Business | This includes lace of business, accounting periods, organizational documents and a power of attorney granted to the branch manager. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SEINE, n. A kind of net for effecting an involuntary change of environment. For fish it is made strong and coarse, but women are more easily taken with a singularly delicate fabric weighted with small, cut stones. The devil casting a seine of lace, (With precious stones 'twas weighted) Drew it into the landing place And its contents calculated. All souls of women were in that sack -- A draft miraculous, precious! But ere he could throw it across his back They'd all escaped through the meshes. Baruch de Loppis |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Lace" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.13% of the time. "Lace" is used about 957 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 91.13% | 872 | 8,141 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.91% | 47 | 49,740 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.09% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.88% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Total | 100.00% | 957 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "lace" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Lace | Last name | 130 | 62,609 |
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| Japan | Nippon Lace Co., Ltd. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "lace": Alencon lace ♦ argentan lace ♦ Berrymans Lace Mawer ♦ blond lace ♦ blonde lace ♦ bobbin lace ♦ Bone lace ♦ boot lace ♦ boots lace ♦ brussels lace ♦ Duchesse lace ♦ foundation lace ♦ French lace ♦ Gold lace ♦ Hair lace ♦ handmade lace ♦ Helvetia lace leather ♦ Honiton lace ♦ lace boots ♦ lace bug ♦ lace card ♦ lace curtain ♦ lace fern ♦ lace in ♦ lace into ♦ lace into smb. ♦ Lace leather ♦ Lace lizard ♦ lace lucerne ♦ lace making ♦ lace oneself up ♦ Lace paper ♦ Lace piece ♦ Lace pillow ♦ lace trimming ♦ lace up ♦ lace up one's shoes ♦ lace ups ♦ lace with a drug ♦ Lisle lace ♦ macramé lace ♦ Macrame lace ♦ make lace ♦ mechlin lace ♦ needle lace ♦ needlepoint lace ♦ Nottingham lace machine ♦ pillow lace ♦ point lace ♦ pot lace ♦ quadrupolar lace coil ♦ queen Anne's lace ♦ seam lace ♦ seaming lace ♦ shoe lace ♦ silver lace ♦ silver lace vine ♦ Swiss lace ♦ Teneriffe lace ♦ Thread lace ♦ Torchon lace ♦ trim with lace ♦ Valenciennes lace ♦ warp lace ♦ yak lace ♦ Ypres lace. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "lace": Lace-bark, lace-bordered, lace-collared, lace-cover, lace-covered, lace-cuffed, lace-curtained, lace-edged, lace-flower vine, lace-frilled, lace-fringed, lace-fronted, lace-gushed, lace-leaf, lace-like, lace-makers, lace-making, lace-patterned, lace-ruffed, lace-schools, lace-top, lace-trimmed, lace-up, lace-up shoe, lace-ups, lace-wing, Lace-winged, lace-winged fly. | |
Ending with "lace": shoe-lace. | |
Containing "lace": black-lace-becapped, hand-lace-making, uplift-under-wired-half-cup-sponge-rubber-lace-nylon, white-lace-and-trimmings. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
lace | 3,389 | lotion lace | 52 |
lace curtain | 291 | lace knitting | 45 |
shoes lace | 228 | lace trim | 43 |
leather lace | 160 | silver lace vine | 42 |
lace pantie | 142 | heavenly lace | 41 |
heritage lace | 132 | metal and lace | 37 |
in lace secret | 129 | battenburg lace | 36 |
lace lingerie | 125 | lace thong | 35 |
arsenic and old lace | 117 | bridal lace | 34 |
black lace | 97 | satin and lace | 32 |
lace dress | 89 | lace stocking | 32 |
lace vanna | 89 | paper lace | 32 |
lavender and lace | 80 | lace leather lyrics | 30 |
lace bra | 79 | lace slip | 30 |
chantilly lace | 76 | lace silk tgp | 30 |
bobbin lace | 75 | annes b b bb lace queen | 29 |
lace fabric | 68 | background lace | 28 |
queen annes lace | 55 | lornas lace | 28 |
lace tablecloth | 54 | lace up shoes | 26 |
lace up sandal | 52 | craft lace | 25 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "lace"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | lidhëse (lacing, string, tab, tie), lidh me gjalmë, lidh (articulate, associate, bend, bind, buckle, bundle, colligate, concatenate, connect, couple, do up, dress, enfetter, fasten, glue, hitch, hook up, interconnect, join, joint, ligate, link, moor, regard, relate, respect, solder, splice, string, switch on, tie, tie down, truss, unite), larmoj (intersperse), stolis me gaitanë, shtrëngoj me lidhëse, kordon (binder, braid, lacing), i shtoj pak pije, gjalmë (cord, cordon, shoelace, string, strong-thread, twine), gajtan (bar, braid, cord, galloon, lacing, piping, purl, stay-lace, tape), gërshetoj (braid, entwine, entwist, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, plait, tress, twine, twist, wreathe), dantellë (flounce, flouncing). (various references) | |
Arabic | مخرمات, هاجم (assault, attack, batter, belabour, beset, challenge, charge, contravene, dispute, hit, jump, layabout, light into, mount an offensive, peck, press, prey on, prong, rush, set about, storm, strafe, strike), تخريم (cotton-lace, perforation, point lace), عقد برباط, ضرب (batter, battery, beat, beat off, belabour, biff, buffet, chastise, connect, curry, description, drub, drubbing, fib, flap, flapping, form, galvanize, genre, go getter, grain, hit, hitting, impact, jabbing, kidney, kind, lace into smb., lam, larrup, let out, lock out, manner, multiplication, multiply, order, overtake, paddle, paste, pasting, patter, poke, pommel, pound, pummel, slash, slosh, sock, sort, stamp, strike, stripe, tan, tanning, thrash, thrashing, thresh, variety, wallop, whip), صانع التخاريم, إنتقد بشدة (come under fire, pan, pick to pieces, scarify), إنتقد (carp, criticize, fault, find fault, maul, nibble, peck, quarrel, slash, slate, snipe, stricture, taking apart, upbraid), ربط الحذاء, رباط الحذاء (shoe lace), شريط زينة, شد (chock, drawing, enthral, enthrall, harness, pull, strain, tension, thrill, tighten, twitch), دخل رباطا. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | обшивам (lag, plate, sheathe), дантелен (lacy), изпъстрям (dapple, freak, mottle, pepper, sprinkle), побеждавам (beat, conquer, defeat, down, fight down, foil, have, lick, master, mop up, overcome, overmaster, overpower, overthrow, overturn, pip, polish off, prevail, scupper, thrash, triumph, trounce, vanquish, whip, whop, win, worst, zap), прокарвам (carry, cut, drive, get through, open, pursue, push through, put through, run, sweep), бия (bang, beat, chime, club, curry, feeze, go, hammer, hide, hit, kill, knoll, lather, lay, lick, maul, palpitate, peal, pelt, pulsate, pulse, ram, ramrod, ring, rough up, shoot, strike, swingle, thrash, thresh, wallop, welt, whale, whip, whop, zap), напердашвам (clobber, dress down, lambaste, larrup, lather, paddle, pepper, skin, thrash, whale), дантела (lacework), наругавам (lambaste, pepper, pitch into, skin, slang, slate, talk to, tell off), стягам се (brace up, pull together, sit up, string), връзвам връзките (lace up), връзка (alliance, association, bond, bunch, cement, channel, communication, concatenation, connection, connexion, contact, copula, cord, coupler, intercommunication, leverage, liaison, ligament, ligature, link, nexus, noose, overlay, point, reference, regard, relation, relationship, relevance, relevancy, string, tie, touch), галон (galloon), ширит (edging, galloon, gimp, piping, string, tape), сплитам (braid, intertwine, knit together, mat, plait, tangle, twine, twist, wreathe), стягам (accouter, accoutre, bind, brace, compact, constrain, constrict, do up, gripe, hold in, hoop, impact, lace up, lock, pack, pinch, preen, screw up, straiten, tense, tighten, trim, truss), наливам малко алкохол. (various references) | |
Catalan | punta. (various references) | |
Chamorro | botdáo. (various references) | |
Chinese | 鞋带 (lacing, shoelace, shoestring), 花邊 . (various references) | |
Czech | lemovka (facing), tkanice (string, tape), krajka, šnìrovat. (various references) | |
Danish | snoerebaand (boot lace, shoelace), knipling. (various references) | |
Dutch | kant (bank, border, brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, margin, rim, shore, side). (various references) | |
Esperanto | punto. (various references) | |
Faeroese | knipplingur. (various references) | |
Farsi | یراق دوزی کردن , نوار (Band, Braid, Fascia, Ligature, Rand, Ribbon, Strip, Swath, Swathe, Tape, Welt), قیطان (Cordon, Thread), توری (Net), تر (Humid, Moist, Rainy, Soggy, Wet), بندکفش رابستن , بندکفش (Shoelace), بنددارکردن . (various references) | |
Finnish | pitsi, paula (snare, string, trap), nyörittää (tie up), nauha (band, binding, braid, ribbon, strip, tape), kengännauha (shoe lace). (various references) | |
French | dentelle (lacework, lacy, point lace). (various references) | |
German | Spitze (apex, barb, cusp, dig, dig (at), end, fineness, front, great, head, hit, holder, horn, in-group, jag, keen, lead, nib, peak, Pike, pinnacle, point, pointed toe, shaft, Spike, spire, summit, surplus, tip, toe, too much, top, Van, vanguard, vertex, wild), schnüren (be too tight, lace in, lace up, run in a straight line, tie up). (various references) | |
Greek | κορδόνι (cord, cordon, shoelace, string), δαντέλλα. (various references) | |
Hebrew | לשרוך, לשנוץ (fasten, strangle, tie, tighten), לקשט ברקמה, לסרוג (interlace, knit, make a net, plait), תחרים (embroidery, needlework), תחרה (tatting), תרסית (strap), שרוך (string, thong, tie), שנץ (cord, latch, ligature, rib, strap, string), סלסלה (crepe, muslin). (various references) | |
Hungarian | zsinór (braid, cord, cordon, flex, funiculus, gimp, line, string, twine), csipke, szegő, sujtás (frog, soutache, stripe, trim, trimming, trimmings), paszomány (bands, braid, edging, gimp, piping, trim, trimmings), litzehuzal (braided wire), gépi csipke, fűzőzsinór (bands, stay-lace), fűzőszalag (stay-lace), fűző (bodice, corset, girdle, stays, string, suspender girdle), csipkeszalag, csipkés kötés, cipőfűző (shoelace, shoestring). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tali (chord, lasso, rope, string), renda, menganggit (compose, thread). (various references) | |
Italian | pizzo (goatee, pointed beard), laccio (lasso, loop, noose, snare, string, thong, tie, tourniquet, trap). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | レーザー兵器 (high energy laser weapon, lace paper doily, race, racing car). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | レース (race). (various references) | |
Korean | 레이스 (shoelace). (various references) | |
Manx | yeeal (lash, lead, leash, thong), pouint, point (leather-lace, thong), laatchey (bootlace, embroider, shoelace), laatchaghey. (various references) | |
Norwegian | lisse, snøre, kniplinger, knipling. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | acelay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | renda (accrual, endowment, finance, income, render, rent, revenue), atacador (bootlace, shoe-lace, shoe-tie). (various references) | |
Romanian | lega cu sfoarã (cord, string), lega cu frânghie (rope), lega cu dantelã, fi prevãzut cu şireturi, adãuga coniac la, adãuga lichior la, şiret (arch, artful, canny, cord, crafty, cunning, fox-like, gimp, guileful, pawkily, pawky, sharp, shifty, sly, slyboots, slyly, string, subtle, tricky, wily), bate (bark, baste, bastinado, bay, beat, beat up, beetle, belabour, best, blow, box, bruise, buffet, burst, chastise, chime, clap, club, cob, contend, cuff, curry, dash, defeat, drive, drub, flail, flicker, flog, go, hit, horse, knock, knock in, larrup, lash, lash into, lick, mint, paddle, palpitate, Pat, patter, peal, pound, pulsate, pulse, range, rap, rattle, ring, shake up, shine, slap, smite, sound, spank, strike, swinge, switch, tan, tap, tew, thrash, throb, thwack, tick, tinkle, toll, wallop, whip, worst), biciui (censure, flog, horse, horsewhip, lash, scourge, slash, slate, swinge, swish, switch, welt, whip), coniac (brandy, cognac), dantela (engrail, indent, notch), înfrumuseţa (adorn, beautify, blazon, color, colour, decorate, embellish, flatter, gild, glorify, grace, ornament, paint, set), dunga (stripe), vãrga, horbotã, panglicã (band, bind, braid, cordon, fillet, hatband, riband, ribbon, strip, tape), reţea (chain, grid, hair net, mesh, net, netting, network, reticula, reticulum, system), tresã (braid, patch, piping, stripe), dantelã (insertion). (various references) | |
Romansch | curegia. (various references) | |
Romany | gaytani. (various references) | |
Russian | сыромятная сшивка, сшивать (seam, sew together), ременная сшивка, тесьма (band, braid, inkle, tape, tie, webbing), шнурок (braid, cord, drawstring, shoelace, shoestring, string, tie), шнуровать (tie), кружево (needle-lace), кружевной (lacy), обвязывать, пробивать отверстия/ шнурок;кружево, прибавлять коньяк в кофе. (various references) | |
Sepedi | lokeletaa. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vezati (associate, attach, band, bind, confine, connect, couple, knot, lash, link, moor, tie), uzica (leading strings, leash, string, tie), pertla (bootlace, shoe lace, shoelace, shoestring, shoe-tie), oplesti (braid, weave, wed), od čipke, napasti (attack, attempt, go for, invade, jump, offend, savage, take apart, tilt), gajtan (braid, cord, galloon, soutache), dodati (add, add to, affix, annex, append, hand, pass, reach, subjoin, tack), čipka, širit (galloon, gimp, lacing, trimming). (various references) | |
Spanish | encaje (insertion, socket, tatting), cordón (aglet, aiglet, aiguillette, bootlace, chord, cord, cordon, flex, shoelace, shoe-lace, string). (various references) | |
Swedish | spets (apex, head, horn, jag, lacing, nib, peak, point, pomeranian, prod, Spitz, tine, tip, top), snöra (bind, connect, join, tie, tie up), skosnöre (shoelace, shoestring), galon (frog, galloon, gold braid, lacing, pvc-coated fabric, stripe). (various references) | |
Thai | เชือกร้อย (รองเท้า), ผูกเชือกรองเท้า, ลูกไม้ (lacework), ประดับด้วยลายลูกไม้, ปัก, ดิ้นเงินดิ้นทอง. (various references) | |
Turkish | süslemek (adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedight, caparison, crown, damask, deck out, decorate, dike, dizen, doll out, doll up, dress, dress up, embellish, embroider, enamel, enrich, fancy up, fig out, figure, flourish, garnish, gild, gird, grace, interlard, lard, ornament, prank, prank out, prank up, rig, scrimshaw, set, smarten, tart up, tire, titivate, trick out, trick up, trig out, trig up, trim, zing up, zip, zip up), oya (embroidery, pinking), içki katmak, dantellemek, dantel (ruche), bağlanmak (adhere, attach, be attached to, be committed, be stuck on, be tied, be wedded to, cling, conjoin, connect, engage, fasten, hang, have down on smb., hitch, hold on, Wed, yoke, yoke together), bağlamak (affiliate, assign, attach, attribute, band, bandage, belay, bend, bind, bond, brace, braid, clasp, colligate, concatenate, conjoin, connect, copulate, cord, couple, do up, engage, enthral, enthrall, fasten, fasten up, fix, fixate, grapple, guy, hitch, hook on, hook up, infix, interconnect, interlink, interlock, inthral, join, knit, knit together, knit up, knot, lace up, lash, lash down, leash, ligature, link, link up, lock, lock up, mediatize, oblige, put through, rivet, rope, settle, string, subordinate, switch to, tether, tie, tie down, tie up, truss, unite, Wed), bağcık (bootlace, lacing, shoelace, shoestring, string), bağ (alliance, bandage, beginnings, binder, bond, brace, connection, connexion, copula, copulation, cord, corelate, daughter, desmo-, fascia, fastener, fastening, header, knot, league, ligament, ligature, link, linkage, linkup, nexus, noose, relation, relationship, string, tie, tie up, truss, vinculum, vine, vineyard, yoke), şerit (band, braid, cord, fascia, fillet, gut, riband, ribbon, roadway, spline, strap, strip, stripe, tab, tape, tapeworm, traffic lane, welt). (various references) | |
Turkmen | kцjemek, bagjyk, bag (shoelace, tree). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | хльостати (lash, leash, slash, whip), шнурувати, шнурок (braid, knot, pull, shoelace, twine, twist), оздоблювати мереживом, мереживо (binche, cobweb, point). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | dải buộc ren, dây (catena, chain, guy, line, string, strung, tape), buộc (coercive, tape), đăng ten (tatting). (various references) | |
Welsh | ffunen (fillet, kerchief), carrai (thong). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | laqueus,. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | las. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 38, Verse 18 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | O de eipen tina ton arrabwna soi dwsw h de eipen ton daktulion sou kai ton ormiskon kai thn rabdon thn en th ceiri sou kai edwken auth kai eishlqen proV authn kai en gastri elaben ex autou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ait Iudas quid vis tibi pro arrabone dari respondit anulum tuum et armillam et baculum quem manu tenes ad unum igitur coitum concepit mulier |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Than sayde he what pledge shall I geue the? And she sayde: they sygnett thy necke lace and thy staffe that is in thy hande. And he gaue it her and lay by her and she was with child by him. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? and she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thy hand: and he gave them to her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And he said, What would you have? And she said, Your ring and its cord and the stick in your hand. So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she became with child by him. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 38, Verse 18 |
| Cebuano | Unya miingon siya: Unsa ba nga saara ang igahatag ko kanimo? Ug siya mitubag: Ang imong singsing, ug ang imong baklaw, ug ang imong sungkod nga anaa sa imong kamot. Ug kini gihatag niya, ug siya miduol kaniya, ug siya nanamkon gikan kaniya. |
| Chinese | 他 說 、 我 給 你 甚 麼 當 頭 呢 、 他 瑪 說 、 你 的 印 、 你 的 帶 子 、 和 你 手 裡 的 杖 。 猶 大 就 給 了 他 、 與 他 同 寢 . 他 就 從 猶 大 懷 了 孕 。 |
| Croatian | A on zapita: "Kakvu jamèevinu da ti ostavim?" Ona odgovori: "Svoj peèatnjak o vrpci i štap što ti je u ruci." Dade joj jedno i drugo, a onda priðe k njoj i ona po njem zaèe. |
| Danish | Han spurgte: "Hvad skal jeg give dig i Pant?" Hun svarede: "Din Seglring, din Snor og din Stav, som du har i Hånden!" Så gav han hende de tre Ting og gik ind til hende, og hun blev frugtsommelig ved ham. |
| Dutch | Toen zeide hij: Wat pand is het, dat ik u geven zal? En zij zeide: Uw zegelring en uw snoer en uw staf, die in uw hand is; hetwelk hij haar gaf, en ging tot haar in; en zij ontving bij hem. |
| Finnish | Hän sanoi: "Mitä on minun annettava sinulle pantiksi?" Hän vastasi: "Sinettisi, nauhasi ja sauvasi, joka on kädessäsi". Niin hän antoi ne hänelle ja yhtyi häneen, ja hän tuli hänestä raskaaksi. |
| French | Il répondit: Quel gage te donnerai-je? Elle dit: Ton cachet, ton cordon, et le bâton que tu as à la main. Il les lui donna. Puis il alla vers elle; et elle devint enceinte de lui. |
| German | Er sprach: Was willst du für ein Pfand, das ich dir gebe? Sie antwortete: Deinen Ring und deine Schnur und deinen Stab, den du in den Händen hast. Da gab er's ihr und kam zu ihr; und sie ward von ihm schwanger. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | "Jaminan apa?" tanya Yehuda. Jawab Tamar, "Berilah kepada saya stempel Tuan dengan talinya dan juga tongkat yang ada pada Tuan itu." Yehuda memberikan benda-benda itu kepadanya, lalu mereka bersetubuh, dan Tamar menjadi hamil. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka bertanyalah Yehuda: Apakah petaruh yang patut kuberikan dikau? Maka sahutnya: Berikanlah cincin meteraimu dan cindaimu dan tongkat yang ada pada tanganmu itu. Maka diberikannyalah kepadanya, lalu iapun berseketiduranlah dengan dia, setelah itu mengandunglah ia. |
| Italian | Egli disse: «Qual è il pegno che ti devo dare?». Rispose: «Il tuo sigillo, il tuo cordone e il bastone che hai in mano». Allora glieli diede e le si unì. Essa concepì da lui. |
| Maori | A ka mea ia, He aha te taunaha e hoatu e ahau ki a koe? Ka mea ia, Ko tou hiri, me au tau, me tau tokotoko i tou ringa. Na ka hoatu e ia ki a ia, a ka haere atu ia ki a ia, a ka hapu ia i a ia. |
| Norwegian | Han sa: Hvad skal jeg gi dig til pant? Hun svarte: Ditt signet og din snor og staven som du har i hånden. Det gav han henne og gikk så inn til henne, og hun blev fruktsommelig med ham. |
| Portuguese | Então ele respondeu: Que penhor é o que te darei? Disse ela: O teu selo com a corda, e o cajado que está em tua mão. Ele, pois, lhos deu, e esteve com ela, e ela concebeu dele. |
| Rumanian | El a rqspuns: ,,Ce zqlog sq-yi dau?`` Ea a zis: ,,Inelul tqu, lanyul tqu, wi toiagul pe care -l ai kn mknq.`` El i le -a dat. Apoi s`a culcat cu ea; wi ea a rqmas knsqrcinatq dela el. |
| Swedish | Han sade: "Vad skall jag då giva dig i pant?" Hon svarade: "Din signetring, din snodd och staven som du har i din hand." Då gav han henne detta och gick in till henne, och hon blev havande genom honom. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "lace": laced, laceless, lacelike, lacer, lacerate, lacerated, lacerates, lacerating, laceration, lacerations, lacerative, lacers, lacertid, lacertids, laces, lacewing, lacewings, lacewood, lacewoods, lacework, laceworks, lacey. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "lace": anlace, anyplace, birthplace, bootlace, bullace, commonplace, displace, emplace, enlace, everyplace, fireplace, glace, inlace, interlace, marketplace, misplace, necklace, palace, place, populace, preplace, relace, replace, shoelace, showplace, solace, someplace, unlace, workplace. (additional references) | |
Words containing "lace": anlaces, argillaceous, belaced, birthplaces, bootlaces, bullaces, commonplaceness, commonplacenesses, commonplaces, complacence, complacences, complacencies, complacency, complacent, complacently, displaceable, displaced, displacement, displacements, displaces, emplaced, emplacement, emplacements, emplaces, enlaced, enlacement, enlacements, enlaces, fireplaced, fireplaces, glaceed, glaceing, glaces, inlaced, inlaces, interlaced, interlacement, interlacements, interlaces, irreplaceabilities, irreplaceability, irreplaceable, irreplaceableness, irreplaceablenesses, irreplaceably, marketplaces, misplaced, misplacement, misplacements, misplaces, necklaces. (additional references) | |
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"Lace" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aace, alace, alce, Alcee, Alceu, alcm, alec, ilake, kace, labe, Labem, Lacco, lacen, lacet, Lach, Lacie, Lacke, lacl, Lacle, Laco, lacp, lacs, lact, Lacw, lage, Laici, lak, Laka, laken, laki, Lakme, lako, lakre, lale, Larco, lasc, lasce, lase, lashe, lasi, laxe, lca, Lcao, lcd, Lci, lcu, leace, leagce, leca, Lecca, Lecco, leci, leco, Lefcoe, lesce, Lescek, lgco, licea, Liceu, liche, licie, licse, liec, ljacic, ljacii, ljacil, Llacen, loake, Lochee, locoe, lpac, lrac, lsca, luca, lucem, lucze. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "lace" (pronounced lā"s) |
| 3 | l ā" s | displace, glace, interlace, misplace, place, replace. |
| 2 | -ā" s | Ace, apace, base, brace, case, chase, dace, debase, deface, disgrace, efface, embrace, encase, erase, face, grace, incase, Mace, pace, race, retrace, space, trace, vase. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: alec. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-l" | |
-1 letter: ace, ale, cel, lac, lea. | |
-2 letters: ae, al, el, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-l" | |
+1 letter: alecs, cable, calve, camel, carle, cecal, cella, chela, clade, clave, clean, clear, cleat, decal, eclat, fecal, glace, ileac, laced, lacer, laces, lacey, lance, leach, lycea, macle, place, scale. | |
+2 letters: acetal, acetyl, aculei, aecial, alcade, alcove, almuce, anlace, atelic, becalm, bleach, cabled, cables, cablet, cackle, caecal, cajole, calces, calesa, calked, calker, called, caller, callet, calmed, calmer, calque, calved, calves, calxes, camels, camlet, cancel, candle, cannel, cantle, caplet, carcel, carles, carpel, carrel, cartel, carvel, castle, cattle, caudle, caules, cedula, celiac, cellae, cellar, cental, cereal, chaleh, chalet, chapel, chelae, chelas, cicale, clades, claque, claret, clause, claver, claves, clawed, clawer, clayed, clayey, cleans, clears, cleats, cleave, coaled, coaler, coeval, colead, cradle, credal, culpae, cuneal, decals, declaw, eclair, eclats, enlace, epical, facile, faecal, falces, fecial, fecula, glaces, glance, hackle, heliac, inlace, lacers, laches, lacier, lacked, lacker, lackey, lacune, lanced, lancer, lances, lancet, launce, leachy, legacy, lexica, locale, locate, mackle, macled, macles, macule, malice, marcel, mescal, mezcal, oracle, palace, parcel, placed, placer, places, placet, plaice, pleach, plicae, rackle, recall, reclad, recoal, rectal, relace, scaled, scaler, scales, sclera, solace, tackle, talced, tectal, thecal, unlace. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Usage Frequency 12. Names: Frequency | 13. Names: Company Usage 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Bible Trace 19. Abbreviations 20. Acronyms | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Bibliography |
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