UNLACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unlace mean? 

• UNLACE (verb)
  The verb UNLACE has 1 sense:

1. undo the ties of

  Familiarity information: UNLACE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNLACE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they unlace    ... he / she / it unlaces   
Past simple: unlaced   
Past participle: unlaced   
-ing form: unlacing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Undo the ties of

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

unbrace; unlace; untie

Context example:

They untied the prisoner

Hypernyms (to "unlace" is one way to...):

undo (cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "unlace"):

unloose; unloosen (loosen the ties of)

unlash (untie the lashing of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

 Context examples 

Henry grunted, and began unlacing his moccasins.

(White Fang, by Jack London)