Word Meanings - LACE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

laqueus noose, snare; prob. akin to lacere to entice. Cf. Delight, 1. That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding together

Additional info about word: LACE

laqueus noose, snare; prob. akin to lacere to entice. Cf. Delight, 1. That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding together parts of a garment, of a shoe, of a machine belt, etc. His hat hung at his back down by a lace. Chaucer. For striving more, the more in laces strong Himself he tied. Spenser. 2. A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net. Fairfax. Vulcanus had caught thee in his lace. Chaucer. 3. A fabric of fine threads of linen, silk, cotton, etc., often ornamented with figures; a delicate tissue of thread, much worn as an ornament of dress. Our English dames are much given to the wearing of costlylaces. Bacon. 4. Spirits added to coffee or some other beverage. Addison. Alencon lace, a kind of point lace, entirely of needlework, first made at Alencon in France, in the 17th century. It is very durable and of great beauty and cost. -- Bone lace, Brussels lace, etc. See under Bone, Brussels, etc. -- Gold lace, or Silver lace, lace having warp threads of silk, or silk and cotton, and a weft of silk threads covered with gold (or silver), or with gilt. -- Lace leather, thin, oil-tanned leather suitable for cutting into lacings for machine belts. -- Lace lizard , a large, aquatic, Australian lizard , allied to the monitors. -- Lace paper, paper with an openwork design in imitation of lace. -- Lace piece , the main piece of timber which supports the beak or head projecting beyond the stem of a ship. -- Lace pillow, and Pillow lace. See under Pillow.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of LACE)

• Bind
• Fetter
• engage
• tie
• fasten
• secure
• lace
• twine
• oblige
• compel
• restrict
• restrain
• Entwine
• Lace
• convolve
• interlace
• weave
• Repose Lie
• recline
• couch rest
• settle
• abide
• stay
• acquiesce
• lodge
• deposit

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of LACE)

• Loosen
• betray
• surrender
• expose
• imperil
• endanger
• open
• liberate
• free

Related words: (words related to LACE)

• INTERLACE
  To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave. Severed into stripes That interlaced each other. Cowper. The epic way is every where interlaced with dialogue. Dryden. Interlacing arches
• DEPOSITOR
  One who makes a deposit, especially of money in bank; -- the correlative of depository.
• COUCHE
  Not erect; inclined; -- said of anything that is usually erect, as an escutcheon. Lying on its side; thus, a chevron couché is one which emerges from one side of the escutcheon and has its apex on the opposite side, or at the fess point.
• RESTRAINABLE
  Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne.
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• OBLIGER
  One who, or that which, obliges. Sir H. Wotton.
• RESTRICT
  Restricted.
• ABIDER
  1. One who abides, or continues. "Speedy goers and strong abiders." Sidney. 2. One who dwells; a resident. Speed.
• FASTENER
  One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.
• OBLIGEMENT
  Obligation. I will not resist, therefore, whatever it is, either of divine or human obligement, that you lay upon me. Milton.
• SETTLEMENT
  A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it. 2. That which settles,
• WEAVER
  A weaver bird. (more info) 1. One who weaves, or whose occupation is to weave. "Weavers of linen." P. Plowman.
• ENTWINEMENT
  A twining or twisting together or round; union. Bp. Hacket.
• CONVOLVE
  To roll or wind together; to roll or twist one part on another. Then Satan first knew pain, And writhed him to and fro convolved. Milton. (more info) Etym:
• EXPOSEDNESS
  The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation.
• COUCHER
  One who couches paper. 3. Etym: A factor or agent resident in a country for traffic. Blount. The book in which a corporation or other body registers its particular acts. Cowell. (more info) 1. One who couches.
• ACQUIESCENTLY
  In an acquiescent manner.
• DEPOSITARY
  One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor without a recompense. Kent. (more info) 1. One with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; -- the correlative of depositor. I . . . made you my guardians,
• SECURER
  One who, or that which, secures.
• FETTERLESS
  Free from fetters. Marston.
• SATIN WEAVE
  A style of weaving producing smooth-faced fabric in which the warp interlaces with the filling at points distributed over the surface.
• REENGAGEMENT
  A renewed or repeated engagement.
• ACCOUCHEMENT
  Delivery in childbed (more info) of a child, to aid in delivery, OF. acouchier orig. to lay down, put to bed, go to bed; L. ad + collocare to lay, put, place. See
• UNWEAVE
  To unfold; to undo; to ravel, as what has been woven.
• UNLODGE
  To dislodge; to deprive of lodgment. Carew.
• INTWINE
  To twine or twist into, or together; to wreathe; as, a wreath of flowers intwined.
• UNFASTEN
  To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie.