lace
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- shoe part holonym
Related & opposite
- lace up derivation
Sense 2 verb
spin,wind, or twist together
intertwine the ribbons
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns
Types & categories
- fabric hypernym
- Brussels lace hyponym
- filet hyponym
- macrame hyponym
- pillow lace hyponym
- needlepoint hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
make by braiding or interlacing
lace a tablecloth
Types & categories
- tissue hypernym
Related & opposite
- gold braid derivation
- lace derivation
- pleat derivation
- plaiter derivation
- handicraft domain topic
Sense 5 verb
do lacework
The Flemish women were lacing in front of the cathedral
Types & categories
- tissue hypernym
Related & opposite
- lace derivation
- handicraft domain topic
Sense 6 verb
draw through eyes or holes
lace the shoelaces
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 7 verb
add alcohol to (beverages)
the punch is spiked!
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- fortification derivation
- lacing derivation
- cooking domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lace up |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | shoe |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | cord |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bootlace |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shoelace |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | untwine |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | string |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | twiner |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | twine |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | distort |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wreathe |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wattle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | plash |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tangle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | splice |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lace |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | braid |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lacy |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | fabric |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Brussels lace |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | filet |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | macrame |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pillow lace |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | needlepoint |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | gold braid |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | lace |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pleat |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | plaiter |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | handicraft |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | tissue |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | lace |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | handicraft |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | tissue |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | lace |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | lacer |
| 6 | entails | Related & opposite | fasten |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | tie |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | relace |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | fortification |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | lacing |
| 7 | domain topic | Related & opposite | cooking |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |