Antonyms for laced


Grammar : Verb
Spell : leys
Phonetic Transcription : leɪs


Definition of laced

Origin :
  • early 13c., laz, "cord made of braided or interwoven strands of silk, etc.," from Old French laz "a net, noose, string, cord, snare" (Modern French lacs), from Vulgar Latin *lacium, from Latin laqueum (nominative laqueus) "noose, snare" (Italian laccio, Spanish lazo), a trapping and hunting term, probably from Italic base *laq- "to ensnare" (cf. Latin lacere "to entice"). Later also "net, noose, snare" (c.1300); "piece of cord used to draw together the edges of slits or openings in an article of clothing" (late 14c.). The "ornamental net pattern" meaning is first recorded 1550s. Sense of "cord for tying" remains in shoelace. As an adjective, lace-curtain "middle class" (or lower-class with middle-class pretensions) usually is used in reference to Irish-Americans, by 1928.
  • verb fasten, intertwine
Example sentences :
  • His boots were of black velvet, laced with gold thread that was studded with gems.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Cesare Borgia » by Raphael Sabatini
  • He laced the gloves back on them, over the purple, puffy knuckles.
  • Extract from : « Once to Every Man » by Larry Evans
  • When she had laced herself and put on her dress she called for her boots.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • Then he saw that this emptiness was lined and laced with filmy striations, like cellophane.
  • Extract from : « The 4-D Doodler » by Graph Waldeyer
  • Into these last the ends of the cords are laced and hammered.
  • Extract from : « The Booklover and His Books » by Harry Lyman Koopman
  • I wish the 'Packhorse' was quit of him, maugre his laced coat.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 » by Various
  • I would have them deep blew, laced with gold, but not on the seams.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. » by Mrs. Thomson
  • Her despair was laced with vitriol and she avoided a kind word about anybody.
  • Extract from : « Tristram of Blent » by Anthony Hope
  • He made me a bow so courtly that the feather in his laced hat swept the ground.
  • Extract from : « Margaret Tudor » by Annie T. Colcock
  • He tore at the string with which he had laced up the slit in his trousers.
  • Extract from : « Our Casualty And Other Stories » by James Owen Hannay, AKA George A. Birmingham

Synonyms for laced

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