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Lace

Definition: Lace

Lace

Noun

1. 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.

Verb

1. 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)

 

Specialty Definition: Lace

DomainDefinition

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Lace-making

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Lace-making is an ancient craft.

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Needle Lace

(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."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: 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.
EntrySourceExpressionField

LACE

EnglishLWR Aerosol Containment ExperimentNuclear Energy & Physics, Physics

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Lace

Synonyms: 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)

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Synonyms within Context: Lace

ContextSynonyms 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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Crosswords: Lace

English words defined with "lace": Aiguillette, Alen/on lace, Alencon laceBalloon net, Belace, Bobbin lace, Bobbinet, bootlace, Brussels ground, Brussels lace, Brussels point, Brussels wire groundCaddis, ColbertineDentelleelaborate, Enlacementfamily TingidaeGalloon, Gold lace, Gremial, GuipureHoniton laceInlace, InsertingLaas, lace making, Lace paper, laced, lacelike, Laceman, lacework, lacy, Las, Lisle lace, luxuriantmacrame, Macrame lace, mantilla, Mechlin, Modesty pieceNature printng, needlepointPassement, Pearl edge, Pearlings, picot, pillow lace, Point lace, Point net, Pyx clothrabato, rebato, relace, reseau, RucheSeam lace, shoe lace, shoe string, shoelace, shoestring, Shoulder knot, Silver lace, Staylacetatting, Thread lace, tied, Tingidae, Torchon lace, TuckerValenciennes lace, Vandyke collar, VisiteWarp frame, Warp lace, Warp net, Warp-net frameYak lace, Ypres lace. (references)
Specialty definitions using "lace": allovers, APPLIQUER, ZIGZAG, argentan lace, ASSEMBLER, PRINTED PRODUCTSBands, Birchin Lane, blocker and sewer, blonde lace, BOBBIN PRESSER, Bone-lace, BOW MAKER, BURN-OUT TENDER, LACECampaign Wig, corder, cording-machine operator, COVERSTITCH-MACHINE OPERATORFACE, flouncings, foundation bar, FOUNDATION MAKERgraduate tuckerhand lacer, HAND SEWER, SHOES, hand trimmer, hat trimmerjack bar, jacquard-lace weaverlace card, LACE WINDER, lace-machine operator, LACE-PAPER-MACHINE OPERATOR, LACING, LEVERS-LACE MACHINE OPERATOR, limb, Linsey-woolsy Million, LOCKSTITCH-MACHINE OPERATORmacramé, macramé lace, Marriage Knot, moccasin sewer, motion wayNottingham lace machineobjectsPATTERN-CHAIN MAKER SUPERVISOR, PEAK, pearls, plain net, pleater, points, purlsquillingsRESTORER, LACE AND TEXTILES, ruching-machine operatorSDL, Seine, single-needle operator, SUPERVISOR, LACE TEARING, Swiss bar, Swiss laceTAPE STRINGER, Teneriffe lace, thread drawer, THREAD SEPARATOR, TRIMMING SEWER, AUTOMATIC, TROLLY LOLLY, TUCKING-MACHINE OPERATOR, twisthandventilator cardwheel assembler, WHEEL LACER AND TRUER, wheel truer, WIG MAKER. (references)
Etymologies containing "lace": Vitro-di-trina. (references)

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Modern Usage: Lace

DomainUsage

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Lace

DomainTitle

References

  • The 2002 World Forecasts of Tulle, Lace, Embroidery, Ribbons, and Other Small Wares Export Supplies (reference)

  • The 2000 Import and Export Market for Tulle, Lace, Embroidery, Ribbons, and Other Small Wares in Africa (reference)

  • The 2001 Report on Broadwoven, Weft, Lace and Warp Knit: World Market Segmentation by City (reference)

  • The 2001 Long-Run Global Growth Prospects for Broadwoven, Weft, Lace and Warp Knit: A Physioeconomic Perspective (reference)

  • The 2003 World Forecasts of Tulle, Lace, Embroidery, Ribbons, and Other Small Wares Export Supplies (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Tatted Lace From Start To Finish*ing (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Lace

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Photo Album: Lace

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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.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Lace
 

"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. ."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Use in Literature: Lace

TitleAuthorQuote

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Lace

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Usage Frequency: Lace

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)91.13%8728,141
Noun (proper)4.91%4749,740
Lexical Verb (base form)2.09%2078,262
Lexical Verb (infinitive)1.88%1882,615
                    Total100.00%957N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Lace

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.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
LaceLast name13062,609
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Lace

CountryName
Japan

Nippon Lace Co., Ltd.

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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Lace

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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Lace

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
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.

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Modern Translation: Lace

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.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Lace

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

laqueus,. (various references)

Old French900-1400

las. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Lace

LanguageDateSourceGenesis Chapter 38, Verse 18
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintO 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
Latin405VulgateAit Iudas quid vis tibi pro arrabone dari respondit anulum tuum et armillam et baculum quem manu tenes ad unum igitur coitum concepit mulier
Renaissance English1526TyndaleThan 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 English1611King JamesAnd 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 English1833WebsterAnd 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 English1964OgdenAnd 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.

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Matched Bible Translations: Lace

LanguageGenesis Chapter 38, Verse 18
CebuanoUnya 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 。
CroatianA 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.
DanishHan 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.
DutchToen 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.
FinnishHän 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.
FrenchIl 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.
GermanEr 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 LamaMaka 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.
ItalianEgli 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.
MaoriA 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.
NorwegianHan 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.
PortugueseEntão 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.   
RumanianEl 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.
SwedishHan 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.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Lace

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)


Misspellings

"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).

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Rhyming with "Lace"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "lace" (pronounced lā"s)
3l ā" sdisplace, glace, interlace, misplace, place, replace.
2-ā" sAce, 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.

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Anagrams: Lace

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.

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INDEX

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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