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Noun lacing has 3 senses
- lacing - a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage
--1 is a kind of liquor, spirits, booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, strong drink
- lace, lacing - a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
--2 is a kind of cord
--2 has particulars:
- beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking - the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
--3 is a kind of corporal punishment
--3 has particulars: whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation
Verb lace has 5 senses
- intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace - spin or twist together so as to form a cord; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"
--1 is one way to twist, twine, distort
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- braid, lace, plait - make by braiding or interlacing; "lace a tablecloth"
--2 is one way to weave, tissue
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- lace - do lacework; "The Flemish women were lacing in front of the cathedral"
--3 is one way to weave, tissue
Sample sentence:
They lace the cape
- lace, lace up - draw through eyes or holes; "lace the shoelaces"
--4 is one way to tie, bind
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- spike, lace, fortify - add alcohol beverages
--5 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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