overlace

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verb

To spread over in a crossing pattern.

Scrabble 13
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Meanings

verboverlace (third-person singular simple present overlaces, present participle overlacing, simple past and past participle overlaced)

present singular third person overlaces · participle present overlacing · participle past overlaced · past overlaced

  1. transitiveTo spread over in a crossing pattern.

    Yet there they lie, all the highways and paths and trails, running out from before our very feet to overlace the earth, to carry us whither we will, with all their old allurement […]

    1907, The Delineator, volume 69, number 4, page 641
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    Attendants to the bride, as of yet unidentified, were resplendently bedecked in a purple chiffon overlacing a delightful sheath of sheer orange burlap and satin that effectively accentuated the lovely pink tennis shoes.

    2012, Chris Ballard, One Shot at Forever
  2. To lace excessively.

    Do not leave sections to become travel stained. Do not overlace, the judge will think you are hiding something.

    1952, Bee-keepers' Record, page 192

Origin

From over- + lace.

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APA

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MLA

“overlace.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlace. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overlace,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlace.

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