Results for lace
Definitions of lace:
part of speech: present participle
part of speech: verb
To fasten or draw together with a lace or cord, as a boot or stays; to trim with lace.
part of speech: noun
A plated string for fastening: an ornamental fabric of fine thread curiously woven.
part of speech: verb transitive
To fasten with a lace: to adorn with lace.
part of speech: noun
An ornamental fabric of fine linen, cotton, gold, or silver threads, woven in a delicate, open pattern; a cord passed through eyelets or other holes in order to bind or fasten.
part of speech: noun
A fine kind of network, texture, or trimming; a string or cord used for a fastening.
part of speech: verb transitive
To fasten with a cord; adorn or trim, as with narrow braid, etc.; as, cloth laced with silver; to weave or twine together; to beat or lash.
part of speech: past tense, past participle
Usage examples for lace:
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Nell says it looks as though it had on a lace party dress.
"The Insect Folk", Margaret Warner Morley -
The country people throughout the district are employed in the manufacture of lace
"A Yacht Voyage Round England", W.H.G. Kingston -
Still it never struck me there was anything so very lively looking about lace
"Lifted Masks Stories", Susan Glaspell -
Should she or should she not remove the lace from the modest V in her black silk evening gown.
"Patricia Brent, Spinster", Herbert Jenkins