What part of speech is laced?

Laced can be categorized as an adjective and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. laced is a verb, past participle of lace (infinitive).
  • 2. laced is a verb, past simple of lace (infinitive).
  • 3. laced is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • laced 
    more laced
    most laced
  • Positive: laced 
  • Comparative: more laced
  • Superlative: most laced

What does laced mean?

Definitions

Adjective

laced - closed with a lace; "snugly laced shoes"
laced - edged or streaked with color; "white blossoms with purple-laced petals"

Verb

lace - draw through eyes or holes; "lace the shoelaces"
lace - do lacework; "The Flemish women were lacing in front of the cathedral"
lace - spin,wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts"
lace - make by braiding or interlacing; "lace a tablecloth"
lace - add alcohol to (beverages); "the punch is spiked!"

Examples of laced

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Snugly laced shoes.
2. adj. White blossoms with purple-laced petals.
3. verb They gave him a glass of orange juice laced with vodka.
4. verb She laced her shoes.
5. verb She laced the cake with poison.
6. verb Mary gave Tom a box of chocolates laced with poison.
7. verb He laced his fingers together.
8. verb Mary laced up her boots.
9. verb Tom laced up his boots.
10. verb He laced up his boots.
11. verb She laced up her boots.
12. verb Tom laced his shoes.
13. verb Tom laced his sneakers.
14. verb Tom and Mary laced up their boots.
15. verb They laced up their boots.
16. verb Looking as if she saw him not, she put his arm aside, and requested that of Captain Craigengelt, who stood by the coach with his laced hat under his arm.
17. verb I am to have a scarlet laced coat, and a feathered hat, and a swordbelt, double bordered with gold, and point d'Espagne, and a dagger.
Sentence  
adj.
Snugly laced shoes.
White blossoms with purple-laced petals.
verb
They gave him a glass of orange juice laced with vodka.
She laced her shoes.
She laced the cake with poison.
Mary gave Tom a box of chocolates laced with poison.
He laced his fingers together.
Mary laced up her boots.
Tom laced up his boots.
He laced up his boots.
She laced up her boots.
Tom laced his shoes.
Tom laced his sneakers.
Tom and Mary laced up their boots.
They laced up their boots.
Looking as if she saw him not, she put his arm aside, and requested that of Captain Craigengelt, who stood by the coach with his laced hat under his arm.
I am to have a scarlet laced coat, and a feathered hat, and a swordbelt, double bordered with gold, and point d'Espagne, and a dagger.

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