unlace
verb (used with object)
to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
unlaced
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past participleof unlace.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof unlace.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
unlaceverb (used with object)to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
Example Sentences
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When the feds roll up to her boxy corner house in a leafy suburb, Winner is outside in cutoff jean shorts, a white button-down shirt, and unlaced yellow Converse.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2023
Cotton shirts came with unlaced corsetry, and those unbuttoned dresses had stays on the outside.
From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 2021
He wears a dirty coat and unlaced shoes.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2021
By the time we were given back our belongings – unlaced shoes, notebooks, phones – we’d become momentary media celebrities.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 17, 2017
He put the pack and the other blankets and the coats in the basket and picked up the boy and set him on top and unlaced his shoes and pulled them off.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
