laced

Thân thiện

The white blossoms have delicate purple-laced petals.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Edged, trimmed, or streaked with a contrasting color or material: Describes something that has been decorated or marked with lines, patterns, or borders of a different color or substance.
   • Fastened or closed with a lace or laces: Describes an item, typically footwear or clothing, that is secured by threading a lace through eyelets or holes.

Usage and Examples

• Adjective (Edged/Streaked):
  • The elegant tablecloth was laced with golden threads.
  • She served coffee laced with a hint of cinnamon.
• Adjective (Fastened with laces):
  • He tightened his laced boots before the hike.
  • The corset was tightly laced.

Advanced Usage

• "Laced with" (figurative): Used to indicate that something contains an element, often a negative one, mixed within it.
  • His speech was laced with sarcasm.
  • The report was laced with inaccuracies.

Variants and Related Words

• Lace (noun): A delicate fabric made of yarn or thread in an open weblike pattern; a cord or string used for fastening.
• Lace (verb): To fasten or tighten with a lace; to add a small amount of a substance to something else.
• Unlaced (adjective): Not fastened with laces; loose.

Synonyms

• Adorned: Decorated or embellished.
• Trimmed: Having edges or borders finished with a different material.
• Fastened: Secured or closed.
• Tied: Fastened with a string or cord.

Antonyms

• Unadorned: Not decorated; plain.
• Unlaced: Not fastened by laces.

Related Phrases

• Lace up: To fasten something by pulling the laces tight.
  • She stopped to lace up her running shoes.
• Lace into (someone): To attack or criticize someone verbally.
  • The coach laced into the team after their poor performance.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. edged or streaked with color
   • white blossoms with purple-laced petals
2. closed with a lace
   • snugly laced shoes

Từ đồng nghĩa

• tied