What does unlace mean?

Definitions for unlace
ʌnˈleɪsun·lace

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. untie, unbrace, unlaceverb

    undo the ties of

    "They untied the prisoner"

Wiktionary

  1. unlaceverb

    To remove the knot from laces; to undo laces.

    Unlace your shoes before taking them off.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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.

ChatGPT

  1. 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

  1. Unlaceverb

    to loose by undoing a lacing; as, to unlace a shoe

  2. Unlaceverb

    to loose the dress of; to undress; hence, to expose; to disgrace

  3. 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

  1. Unlace

    un-lās′, v.t. to loose from being laced: to loose the dress of.—adj. Unlast′ (Spens.), unlaced.

Matched Categories

Anagrams for unlace »

  1. launce

  2. cuneal

  3. lacune

  4. auncel

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of unlace in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of unlace in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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