lace making tatting | the act or art of making handmade lace |
lace bug | small bug having body and wings covered with a lacy network of raised lines |
threadfish thread-fish Alectis ciliaris | fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins |
Brussels lace | fine lace with a raised or applique design |
lace | a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns |
lace lacing | a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment) |
lisle lisle thread | a strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton) |
pillow lace bobbin lace | a handmade lace worked on a pillow with threads wound on bobbins, the pattern is marked out on the pillow by pins |
point lace needlepoint | lace worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern |
screw thread thread | the raised helical rib going around a screw |
shoelace shoe lace shoestring shoe string | a lace used for fastening shoes |
thread yarn | a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving |
Valenciennes Valenciennes lace | a type of bobbin lace with floral patterns |
train of thought thread | the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together, I couldn't follow his train of thought, he lost the thread of his argument |
ribbon thread | any long object resembling a thin line, a mere ribbon of land, the lighted ribbon of traffic, from the air the road was a grey thread, a thread of smoke climbed upward |
spinner spinster thread maker | someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads) |
goldthread golden thread Coptis groenlandica Coptis trifolia groenlandica | low-growing perennial of North America woodlands having trifoliate leaves and yellow rootstock and white flowers |
dusty miller silver-lace silver lace Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum | shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down, sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum |
Adam's needle Adam's needle-and-thread spoonleaf yucca needle palm Yucca filamentosa | yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages |
silver lace vine China fleece vine Russian vine Polygonum aubertii | twining perennial vine having racemes of fragrant greenish flowers, western China to Russia |
lace-flower vine Alsobia dianthiflora Episcia dianthiflora | low-growing creeping perennial of Central America having deeply fringed white flowers, sometimes placed in genus Episcia |
wild carrot Queen Anne's lace Daucus carota | a widely naturalized Eurasian herb with finely cut foliage and white compound umbels of small white or yellowish flowers and thin yellowish roots |
lace fern Cheilanthes gracillima | small tufted fern of northwestern America |
thread blight | a disease of tropical woody plants (cacao or tea or citrus) |
spike lace fortify | add alcohol to (beverages), the punch is spiked! |
lam into tear into lace into pitch into lay into | hit violently, as in an attack |
string thread draw e | thread on or as if on a string, string pearls on a string, the child drew glass beads on a string, thread dried cranberries |
thread | pass through or into, thread tape, thread film |
thread | remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string, She had her eyebrows threaded |
intertwine twine entwine enlace interlace lace | spin,wind, or twist together, intertwine the ribbons, Twine the threads into a rope, intertwined hearts |
lace lace up | draw through eyes or holes, lace the shoelaces |
thread | pass a thread through, thread a needle |
lace | do lacework, The Flemish women were lacing in front of the cathedral |
braid lace plait | make by braiding or interlacing, lace a tablecloth |
weave wind thread meander wander | to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course, the river winds through the hills, the path meanders through the vineyards, sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body |
hang by a thread hang by a hair | depend on a small thing or be at risk, His life now hangs by a thread |