unlace
/ʌnˈleɪs/
US pronunciation
American sound/ʌnˈleɪs/
ʌnˈleɪs
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
ʌn - ˈleɪs -> unlace
Myanmar meaning
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More examples
- ‘Trembling, she unlaced her shoes and laid them on the ground next to her bed.’
- ‘Ram unlaced her dress, lifting her so that the woman could pull it over her head.’
- ‘His shirt was unlaced, the sleeves rolled up as far as they could go.’
- ‘He throws his jacket onto the pile of Stuart's clothes and unlaces his shoes.’
- ‘Before they knew it, the skate was already over, and pretty soon, it was just the two of them left in the dressing room, sitting beside each other on a bench and unlacing their skates.’
- ‘Jack tied the sash at his waist, and busied himself unlacing his boots.’
- ‘Ryder unlaced Kit's boot as gently as possible, before taking it off her foot, along with her sock.’
- ‘Zip crouches and unlaces his boots, clumsily shakes them off.’
- ‘She could feel Charles fingers unlacing her dress behind her.’
- ‘She turned her back to him, ‘Would you unlace my dress?’’
- ‘She'd just returned from her job at the plant nursery and was sitting at the table, unlacing her sneakers.’
- ‘He unlaced his heavy boots and let them thud onto the floor in a heap.’
- ‘She bent down and unlaced her boots, pulling them off.’
- ‘She slowly unlaced her boots and pulled them off to stretch her feet.’
- ‘Sitting down on the edge of the water, he unlaced his shoes.’
- ‘He unlaced his boots and pulled them off, and the wet socks as well.’
- ‘She unlaced her boots and kicked them across the room with amusement.’
- ‘I've got a rock in my shoe, ’ grumbled Alice, kneeling to unlace her boot and extract the offending pebble.’
- ‘Corio slipped his sunglasses into his pocket and started unlacing his boots.’
- ‘As Sandy bent over to unlace her running shoes Olivia screeched at her, ‘Are you listening?’’
Synonyms
alleviate, become unfastened, break up, decipher, deliver, detach, discharge, disconnect, disengage, disentangle, disenthrall, disjoin, ease, ease off, emancipate, extricate, faze, free, lax, let go, let out, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, mitigate, open, ravel, relax, release, resolve, separate, slacken, solve, unbar, unbind, unbolt, unbuckle, unbutton, unchain, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unfix, unfold, unhitch, unhook, unknot, unlash, unlatch, unleash, unlock, unloose, unloosen, unpin, unscrew, unsnap, unstick, unstrap, untangle, unthread, untie, untighten, unwind, work free, work loose
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