Used in a Sentence

shoelace

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for shoelace.

Editorial note

The guy who used to cut the leather and put in the shoelace eyelets can now just do eyelets.

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Quick take

A lace used for fastening a shoe.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of shoelace gathered in one view.

noun

A lace used for fastening a shoe.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for shoelace.

Example sentences

1

The guy who used to cut the leather and put in the shoelace eyelets can now just do eyelets.

2

Alternatively, shoelace eyelets are pulleys ('block and tackle' in fact), but describing them that way seems odd.

3

It all feels a bit like rating chef Jonathan Benno on shoelace cleanliness though.

4

In fact, the algorithm for the area of the interior polygon that you are using itself (shoelace algorithm) uses green's theorem 'in stealth mode'.

5

I shall try the airport shoelace tying problem out on my motley crews next week.

6

I'll use Shoelace all the time for the front end part if I can use it to spot rendering problems with all kind of browsers.

7

It's like comparing tomato to a shoelace.

8

And then on the way back later that day, my shoelace gets caught up in the gears and I do a slow-motion crash onto the bike path.

9

In the UK leisure cyclists need to be aware that a denim trouser caught in the chain (or a shoelace) will throw you straight over the bars head first onto the road.

10

If you take the shoelace formula and remove the absolute value then you still get the correct area up to floating point errors, just there may be a minus sign in front of it.

11

That doesn't imply that the small business is going to get funding (or even a conversation with an investor) any more that getting on Shark Tank implies that Mark Cuban is going to invest in your fancy new shoelace company.

Quote examples

1

Hey, quick note, the "About Shoelace" link in the bottom doesn't work for me (Safari 7, OS X).

2

Maybe it's environment specific, but bloom filters seem to be the "an aglet is the plastic thing at the end of a shoelace" of CS, ie., the "little know fact" that everyone knows.

3

What helps me adjust is what I call Thanos-coding: trying to get AI to do the thing with contexts and agents and SDD and whateverthefuck, and if it gets tangled on its own shoelace say "Fine.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use shoelace in a sentence?

The guy who used to cut the leather and put in the shoelace eyelets can now just do eyelets.

What does shoelace mean?

A lace used for fastening a shoe.

What part of speech is shoelace?

shoelace is commonly used as noun.