lace

lace is a 4-letter English word with 16 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 16 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.
3. noun. 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.
4. noun. Spirits added to coffee or some other beverage.
5. transitive verb. To fasten with a lace; to draw together with a lace passed through eyelet holes; to unite with a lace or laces, or, figuratively. with anything resembling laces.
6. transitive verb. To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material; as, cloth laced with silver.
7. transitive verb. To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.
8. transitive verb. To add spirits to (a beverage).
9. intransitive verb. To be fastened with a lace, or laces; as, these boots lace.
10. noun. a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns
11. noun. a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)

    Synonyms: lacing

12. verb. add alcohol to (beverages)

    "the punch is spiked!"

    Synonyms: fortify, spike

13. verb. spin,wind, or twist together

    "intertwine the ribbons"

    "Twine the threads into a rope"

    Synonyms: enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, twine

14. verb. draw through eyes or holes

    "lace the shoelaces"

15. verb. do lacework

    "The Flemish women were lacing in front of the cathedral"

16. verb. make by braiding or interlacing

    "lace a tablecloth"

    Synonyms: braid, plait

Synonyms

lacing, fortify, spike, enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, twine, braid, plait

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in lace:

acle, alce, alec

Common word forms

laced, lacer, laces, lacing, laceless

Words from these letters

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