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plural of lace
Synonyms of laces
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
a length of braided, flexible material that is used for tying or connecting things
- I had to replace the lace of my shoe because it kept breaking whenever I pulled the knot too tight
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laces
verbpresent tense third-person singular of lace
Synonyms & Antonyms of laces (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to cause to twine about one another
- the gardener laced the shoots of ivy around the trellis to direct their growth
Synonyms for laces
- enlaces,
- entwines,
- implicates
- [archaic],
- interlaces,
- intertwines,
- intertwists,
- interweaves,
- inweaves,
- plies,
- twists,
- weaves,
- wreathes,
- writhes
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2
to scatter or set here and there among other things
- the decorator laced small mirrors among the knickknacks for added effect
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3
to strike repeatedly
- laced the seaman's back with the cat-o'-nine-tails
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- bashes,
- bastes,
- bats,
- batters,
- beats,
- belabors,
- belts,
- birches,
- bludgeons,
- buffets,
- bungs up,
- clubs,
- curries,
- does,
- drubs,
- fibs
- [British],
- flogs,
- hammers,
- hides,
- lambastes
- (or lambasts),
- lashes,
- lathers,
- licks,
- mauls,
- messes (up),
- paddles,
- pelts,
- pommels,
- pounds,
- pummels,
- punches out,
- roughs (up),
- slates,
- slogs,
- switches,
- tans,
- thrashes,
- threshes,
- thumps,
- tromps,
- wallops,
- whales,
- whips,
- whops
- (or whaps),
- whups,
- works over
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- assails,
- assaults,
- attacks,
- besets,
- boxes,
- busts,
- chops,
- clobbers,
- clouts,
- cracks,
- cudgels,
- cuffs,
- descends (on or upon),
- hits,
- jumps (on),
- knocks,
- lams,
- lays on,
- pastes,
- pounces (on or upon),
- punches,
- raids,
- rushes,
- slams,
- slaps,
- smacks,
- smashes,
- socks,
- spanks,
- storms,
- swats,
- swipes,
- thwacks,
- whacks,
- whams,
- whomps
Phrases Synonymous with laces
5
to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances
- animal control fed the bear food laced with a sedative
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Near Antonyms for laces
- augments,
- reinforces
- (also reenforces),
- supplements
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