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laced-up

laced-up adjective: fastened with a lace.

Adjective

laced-up (comparative more laced-up, superlative most laced-up)

  1. (footwear etc.) Fastened with a lace.
  2. Fixed in the sprockets of the projector.
  3. (idiomatic) Restrained; uptight.
  4. (informal) Ready for a fight (and numerous derived shades of meaning).

Forms of laced-up

comparativemore laced-up
superlativemost laced-up

Questions about laced-up

What does laced-up mean?
Laced-up means fastened with a lace.
What part of speech is laced-up?
Laced-up is an adjective.

Words near laced-up in the dictionary

  1. laced moray
  2. laced morays
  3. laced mutton
  4. laced muttons
  5. laced up
  6. laced-up
  7. Lacedaemon
  8. Lacedaemonian
  9. Lacedaemonians
  10. Lacedemonian
  11. Lacedemonians

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