laced

Adjective
Synonyms: tied

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. closed with a lace“snugly laced shoes”Synonyms: tied
  2. edged or streaked with color“white blossoms with purple-laced petals”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]
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. [1913 Webster]

When Jenny's stays are newly laced.— Prior.[1913 Webster]

2.To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material; as, cloth laced with silver. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3.To beat; to lash; to make stripes on. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

I'll lace your coat for ye.— L'Estrange.[1913 Webster]

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] [1913 Webster +PJC]

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.]
Laced \Laced\, a.

1.Fastened with a lace or laces; decorated with narrow strips or braid. See Lace, v. t. [1913 Webster]

2.Decorated with the fabric lace. [1913 Webster]

A shirt with laced ruffles.— Fielding.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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]

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