laceth

Verb

lace (third-person singular simple present laces, present participle lacing, simple past and past participle laced)

1. (ergative, transitive) To fasten (something) with laces.
   • When Jenny's stays are newly laced.1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Alma: Or, The Progress of the Mind”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC
2. (transitive) To interweave items.
   • to lace one's fingers together

   Synonyms:

   entwine, interlace, interweave, betwine, braid, entwist, interthread, intertwine, intertwist, lock

3. (transitive) To interweave the spokes of a bicycle wheel.
   • For these and other reasons, you may want to lace a new rim onto an existing hub, or vice versa. For some reason, probably because of the maze and complex angles of spokes, lacing and building a wheel has for years been a virtual mystery to even skilled home bike mechanics.1973 March, Eugene A. Sloane, “How to build and lace a bicycle wheel”, in Popular Mechanics, page 21
4. (transitive) To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.
   • I'll Lace your Coat for ye.1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC
5. (transitive) To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material.
   • cloth laced with silver
6. (figuratively, transitive) To intersperse or diversify with something.
   • The throne speech opening the New Democrat government’s second legislative session Dec. 2 was a modest document featuring caution and pragmatism laced with a few tidbits of democratic socialism.1982 December 11, Frances Russell, “Economic performance buoys Pawley’s position”, in The Vancouver Sun (The Weekend Sun), Vancouver, BC, page A6

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