1.
[syn: laced, tied]
2. edged or streaked with color;
- Example: "white blossoms with purple-laced petals"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
patterned \patterned\ adj.
Having describable patterns, especially patterns of colors.
[Narrower terms: banded, blotched, blotchy, splotched,
brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby, burled, checked,
checkered, dappled, mottled, dotted, flecked, specked,
speckled, stippled, figured, floral, flowered, laced,
marbled, marbleized, moire, watered, pinstriped,
pinstripe(prenominal), slashed, streaked, spotted,
sprigged, streaked, streaky, striped, stripy,
tessellated, veined, venose] plain, solid
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lace \Lace\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Laced ([=a]st); p. pr. & vb.
n. Lacing.]
1. To fasten with a lace; to draw together with a lace passed
through eyelet holes; to unite with a lace or laces, or,
figuratively. with anything resembling laces. --Shak.
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When Jenny's stays are newly laced. --Prior.
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2. To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative
material; as, cloth laced with silver. --Shak.
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3. To beat; to lash; to make stripes on. [Colloq.]
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I'll lace your coat for ye. --L'Estrange.
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4. To add something to (a food or beverage) so as to impart
flavor, pungency, or some special quality; as, to lace a
punch with alcohol; to lace the Kool-Aid with LSD. [Old
Slang]
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5. To twine or draw as a lace; to interlace; to intertwine.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Gond . . . picked up a trail of the Karela, the
vine that bears the bitter wild gourd, and laced it
to and fro across the temple door. --Kipling.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Laced \Laced\, a.
1. Fastened with a lace or laces; decorated with narrow
strips or braid. See Lace, v. t.
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2. Decorated with the fabric lace.
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A shirt with laced ruffles. --Fielding.
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Laced mutton, a prostitute. [Old slang]
Laced stocking, a strong stocking which can be tightly
laced; -- used in cases of weak legs, varicose veins, etc.
--Dunglison.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
decorated \decorated\ adj.
having decorations. [Narrower terms: beaded, beady,
bejeweled, bejewelled, bespangled, gemmed, jeweled, jewelled,
sequined, spangled, spangly; bedaubed; bespectacled,
monocled, spectacled; braided; brocaded, embossed,
raised; buttony; carbuncled; champleve, cloisonne,
enameled; crested, plumed having a decorative plume);
crested, top-knotted, topknotted, tufted; crested;
embellished, ornamented, ornate; embroidered; encircled,
ringed, wreathed; fancied up, gussied, gussied up, tricked
out; feathery, feathered, plumy; frilled, frilly,
ruffled; fringed; gilt-edged; inflamed; inlaid;
inwrought; laced; mosaic, tessellated; paneled,
wainscoted; studded; tapestried; tasseled, tasselled;
tufted; clinquant, tinseled, tinselly; tricked-out]
Also See: clothed, fancy. Antonym: unadorned.
Syn: adorned.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
laced
adj 1: closed with a lace; "snugly laced shoes" [syn: laced,
tied] [ant: unlaced, untied]
2: edged or streaked with color; "white blossoms with purple-
laced petals"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "laced":
barred, braided, cancellated, crossbarred, enlaced, entwined,
filigreed, fretted, grated, gridded, handwoven, interknit,
interlaced, interthreaded, intertied, intertissued, intertwined,
interwoven, knit, lacelike, lacy, latticelike, loomed, meshed,
meshy, mullioned, netlike, netted, netty, plaited, platted,
pleached, plexiform, raddled, reticular, reticulate, reticulated,
retiform, streaked, striped, textile, twined, woven, wreathed