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Synonyms of lacing
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lacing
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of lacing (Entry 2 of 2)
- the gardener laced the shoots of ivy around the trellis to direct their growth
Synonyms for lacing
- enlacing,
- entwining,
- implicating
- [archaic],
- interlacing,
- intertwining,
- intertwisting,
- interweaving,
- inweaving,
- plying,
- twisting,
- weaving,
- wreathing,
- writhing
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Near Antonyms for lacing
- the decorator laced small mirrors among the knickknacks for added effect
Synonyms for lacing
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- laced the seaman's back with the cat-o'-nine-tails
Synonyms for lacing
- bashing,
- basting,
- battering,
- batting,
- beating,
- belaboring,
- belting,
- birching,
- bludgeoning,
- buffeting,
- bunging up,
- clubbing,
- currying,
- doing,
- drubbing,
- fibbing
- [British],
- flogging,
- hammering,
- hiding,
- lambasting,
- lashing,
- lathering,
- licking,
- mauling,
- messing (up),
- paddling,
- pelting,
- pommeling
- (or pommelling),
- pounding,
- pummeling
- (also pummelling),
- punching out,
- roughing (up),
- slating,
- slogging,
- switching,
- tanning,
- thrashing,
- threshing,
- thumping,
- tromping,
- walloping,
- whaling,
- whipping,
- whopping
- (or whapping),
- whupping,
- working over
Words Related to lacing
- assailing,
- assaulting,
- attacking,
- besetting,
- boxing,
- busting,
- chopping,
- clobbering,
- clouting,
- cracking,
- cudgeling
- (or cudgelling),
- cuffing,
- descending (on or upon),
- hitting,
- jumping (on),
- knocking,
- lamming,
- laying on,
- pasting,
- pouncing (on or upon),
- punching,
- raiding,
- rushing,
- slamming,
- slapping,
- smacking,
- smashing,
- socking,
- spanking,
- storming,
- swatting,
- swiping,
- thwacking,
- whacking,
- whamming,
- whomping
Phrases Synonymous with lacing
- animal control fed the bear food laced with a sedative
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“Lacing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lacing. Accessed 18 May. 2022.
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The first known use of lacing was in the 15th century
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