What does unlace mean?
Definitions for unlace
ʌnˈleɪsun·lace
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word unlace.
Princeton's WordNet
untie, unbrace, unlaceverb
undo the ties of
"They untied the prisoner"
Wiktionary
unlaceverb
To remove the knot from laces; to undo laces.
Unlace your shoes before taking them off.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Unlaceverb
He could not endure so cruel case,
But thought his arms to leave, and helmet to unlace. Edmund Spenser.A little river roll’d,
By which there sat a knight with helm unlac’d,
Himself refreshing with the liquid cold. Fairy Queen, b. i.The helmet from my brow unlac’d. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.
Can I forget, when they in prison placing her,
With swelling heart, in spite, and due disdainfulness,
She lay for dead, till I help’d with unlacing her. Philip Sidney.Unlace yourself, for that harmonious chime
Tells me from you that now it is bed-time. John Donne.You unlace your reputation,
And spend your rich opinion for the name of a night-brawler. William Shakespeare, Othello.
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unlace
Unlace generally means to untie, loosen, or remove the laces from something, such as a shoe or a piece of clothing. It can also mean to open or free something by releasing its ties or bindings.
Webster Dictionary
Unlaceverb
to loose by undoing a lacing; as, to unlace a shoe
Unlaceverb
to loose the dress of; to undress; hence, to expose; to disgrace
Unlaceverb
to loose, and take off, as a bonnet from a sail, or to cast off, as any lacing in any part of the rigging of a vessel
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Unlace
un-lās′, v.t. to loose from being laced: to loose the dress of.—adj. Unlast′ (Spens.), unlaced.
Matched Categories
Anagrams for unlace »
launce
cuneal
lacune
auncel
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of unlace in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of unlace in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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