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Antonyms for unlace
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : uhn-leys |
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈleɪs |
Definition of unlace
Origin :- c.1300, from un- (2) + lace (v.). Related: Unlaced; unlacing.
- As in loose/loosen : verb set free; unbind
- As in loosen : verb unbind
- As in unfasten : verb disengage
- As in unravel : verb unfold
- As in untie : verb loosen a fastening
- Philothea was stooping to unlace her sandal, and she immediately picked it up.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- He tried to unlace the thongs that bound his feet, but could not manage it.
- Extract from : « The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound » by Laura Lee Hope
- Sit 'ee down and unlace your boots, while me and Tenny pulls.
- Extract from : « Shining Ferry » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
- Before he realized what she was doing, she had started to unlace his boots.
- Extract from : « The Woman Gives » by Owen Johnson
- Let me unlace your boots—why, your feet are cold, and on a night like this!
- Extract from : « A Case in Camera » by Oliver Onions
- "Check your fooling and help to unlace me, all of you," quoth the Sparhawk.
- Extract from : « Joan of the Sword Hand » by S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett
- Hurley tossed the peavy into its corner and proceeded to unlace his boots.
- Extract from : « Connie Morgan in the Lumber Camps » by James B. Hendryx
- If I just unlace this one, you can wiggle your foot out as easy as pie.
- Extract from : « The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High » by Leslie W. Quirk
- He reached his bedstead, and sat down and tried to unlace his boots, but could not.
- Extract from : « The Open Air » by Richard Jefferies
- Let me unlace your boots, granny, and get your slippers for you.
- Extract from : « The Making of Mona » by Mabel Quiller-Couch
Synonyms for unlace
- alleviate
- become unfastened
- break up
- decipher
- deliver
- detach
- discharge
- disconnect
- disengage
- disentangle
- disenthrall
- disjoin
- ease
- ease off
- emancipate
- extricate
- faze
- free
- lax
- let go
- let out
- liberate
- loose
- loosen
- manumit
- mitigate
- open
- ravel
- relax
- release
- resolve
- separate
- slacken
- solve
- unbar
- unbind
- unbolt
- unbuckle
- unbutton
- unchain
- unclasp
- undo
- unfasten
- unfix
- unhitch
- unhook
- unknot
- unlace
- unlash
- unlatch
- unleash
- unlock
- unloose
- unloosen
- unpin
- unscrew
- unsnap
- unstick
- unstrap
- untangle
- untie
- untighten
- unwind
- work free
- work loose
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