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unlace en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English unlacen, unlasen, equivalent to un- + lace.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To remove the knot from laces; to undo laces.
   • Unlace your shoes before taking them off.
   • Bradly tapped the ashes from his pipe, signifying a leisured interlude over. "Time to get a move on," he said, and began to unlace his boots for wading. 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 139:
2. (transitive) To loosen the clothing of (a person).
3. (transitive) To remove (film) from a projector.

Forms

Antonyms

lace up