lace

IPA: ɫˈeɪs

(uncountable) A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread. ᵂᵖ
(countable) A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly. ᵂᵖ
A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.
(slang, obsolete) Spirits added to coffee or another beverage.

(ergative) To fasten (something) with laces.
(transitive) To interweave items.
(transitive) To interweave the spokes of a bicycle wheel.
(transitive) To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.
(transitive) To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material.
(transitive, figuratively) To intersperse or diversify with something.
(transitive) To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink).

Examples of "lace" in Sentences

The collar has a lace ruffle.
He bedecks the room with lace.
The people embedded the laces into the curtains.
Crochet lace is an application of the art of crochet.
In laced birds the lacing should be clear and distinct.
Convincing a spider to spin lace is far more difficult.
In laced birds, the lacing should be clear and distinct.
But a future without complicated Shetland lace is bleak.
In another embodiment, lacing may replace the connect straps.
Dress shirts had in ruffles of fine fabric or lace at the cuffs.
A ribbon is tied in the front and laced through a loop attached to the blouse.
The hem on the tops and bottoms of the dress and the arm socks were black lace.
I've got cotton sox trimmed in lace from the Victorian Trading Co. that I wear to bed.
If you did both ends and knit you'd have to graft, grafting in lace is not my strong point!
I had invented what we called lace locks, and in the IV we did an elaboration on the theme.
It struck me this morning that a large piece of lace is a deliberate construction of a series of lights and shadows.
Additionally, I'm an 82-year-old widow in lace-up orthopedic shoes who spends a lot of time on the subway happily going about her business.
Newspaper paragraphs will begin thus: "The lovely wearer of the lace is about thirty-four years of age, but looks much older – in fact, nearly as antique as her own flounces," etc., etc.