Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A string or cord used for lacing and fastening shoes. Also called shoestring.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A shoe-string.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a length of cord for tying the upper parts of a shoe together. Commercial
shoelaces usually come in different lengths, and have each end confined in a narrow plastic tube for convenience in inserting the cords through the holes in a shoe upper. Also calledshoestring .
WordNet 3.0
- n. a lace used for fastening shoes
- n. a lace used for fastening shoes
Examples
“Act like a man, dont beat someone up for showing you your shoelace is untied.”
“So it might be useful to nudge Canada and say, "Hey, your shoelace is untied and you're going to trip ...”
“Then a rope, on the principle of a shoelace, is run through the eyelets, and on the principle of a shoelacing the man is laced in the canvas.”
“People have a hard time paying bills on time or tying a shoelace, yet perform miracles on a regular basis.”
“Yes | No | Report from deer dropper wrote 4 days 14 hours ago i've tried it and its hard but i used a shoelace and it probably takes practice.”
“Dear Congress, Remember when Ren was in that game of chicken on a tractor and the only reason he won was because his shoelace was wrapped around the pedal?”
“I thought she was someone sitting on the curb tying her shoelace, but something in me ole scavenger brain made me do a double-take.”
“Anthony Smith made a shoelace grab on the ball and returned it near midfield.”
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“At least I didn't trip over my shoelace or step on a dancer's foot.”
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“This is a shoelace-like rope from a used gift bag.”
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