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Meanings of lace in English

Portuguese
trançar
Catalan
trenar
Spanish
enlazar
Wikidata

Make by braiding or interlacing.

        trançar
        Portuguese
        atacador
        Spanish
        cordón
        Wikidata

        Cord, tape, or ribbon used for fastening by interlacing through holes in two garments or two sides of an opening.

              atacador
              Russian
              кружева
              Portuguese
              renda
              Spanish
              encaje
              Catalan
              encaix
              Wikidata

              Openwork fabric, patterned with open holes in the work, made by machine or by hand.

                    кружева
                    Portuguese
                    enlaçar
                    Catalan
                    enllaçar
                    Spanish
                    enlazar

                    Spin,wind, or twist together.

                        enlaçar
                        Usage of lace in English
                        1
                        Good thing I was wearing my good lace bra from Victoria's Secret.
                        Seven up
                        2
                        They thought about thread; they looked at lace; they considered the clasp.
                        Country driving: a journey through china from farm to factory
                        3
                        There is a new emphasis, however on Irish tweed, linen and lace.
                        The Irish Times
                        4
                        You must accept that.' She touched the gold lace on his lapel.
                        Cross of St. George
                        5
                        Two Velcro straps regulate the fit; a lace-up model is also available.
                        Climbing Magazine
                        6
                        It's easy to use: just tug the pull on the lace end.
                        Wired
                        7
                        Black ribbons instead of blue run in the lace of the bodices.
                        Mrs. Day's Daughters
                        8
                        Practically the same thing went on in the lace and embroidery departments.
                        The Gold of Chickaree
                        9
                        The lace curtains were imitation lace; the damask curtains were imitation damask.
                        Hawthorne and His Circle
                        10
                        Thin sunshine slanted in through the lace curtains of the dining-room window.
                        The Far Horizon
                        11
                        Both ladies wore lace collars and had natural flowers in their hair.
                        Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 / of Sixty Years in the National ...
                        12
                        Don't ask me to hide behind the lace curtains in my bedroom.
                        Colorado abduction
                        13
                        Beneath was a skirt of sea green velvet, heavily trimmed with lace.
                        The Oracle Glass
                        14
                        He felt the Baron undo the lace and pull out the tube.
                        Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 18th, 1920
                        15
                        Her flaring collar of lace and the stomacher were worked in pearls.
                        A Little Girl in Old Quebec
                        16
                        They make lace in Tinkov and in Daryina, but not among us.
                        Mother
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                        Lace through the time
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                        Common
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