A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly. ᵂᵖ
A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread. ᵂᵖ
A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.
To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.
To interweave items.
To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material.
To interweave the spokes of a bicycle wheel.
To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink).
To fasten (something) with laces.
A smooth tool that assists in putting the foot into a shoe, by sliding the heel in after the toe is in place. This reduces discomfort and damage to the back of the shoe. By slipping it into the back of the shoe behind the heel, the user prevents the heel from squashing down the back of the shoe and causing difficulty; instead the heel slides down the smooth shoehorn, which then comes out easily once the foot is in place.
Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium.
To use a shoehorn.
To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to.
To force some current event into alignment with some (usually unconnected) agenda, especially when it is fallacious.