lace

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
  2. noun a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns
  3. verb spin,wind, or twist together

Etymology

From Middle English lace, laace, las, from Old French las, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, based on Latin laqueus. Doublet of lasso.

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Synonyms

lacing

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