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• Shoelaces — (also shoestrings, shoe laces or boot laces) are a system commonly used to secure shoes. The shoelace can be untied and loosened, permitting the shoe to open wide to admit the wearer s foot; it can then be tightened and knotted into a bow shaped… …   Wikipedia

• shoelaces —    Untoward things happening to *clothes, such as apron strings suddenly coming untied, often have beliefs to go with them, and the shoelace is no exception. When you discover your shoelace is loose, walk nine paces before tying it, otherwise you …   A Dictionary of English folklore

• Basketball Jones featuring Tyrone Shoelaces — Infobox Single Name = Basketball Jones featuring Tyrone Shoelaces Cover size = Caption = Artist = Cheech and Chong Album = Los Cochinos A side = B side = Released = October 1973 Format = Recorded = Genre = Comedy rock Length = 4:04 Label = Ode… …   Wikipedia

• tie — 1 /taI/ verb 1 STRING/ROPE a) (T) to fasten one thing to another with a piece of string, rope etc: tie sth to/behind/onto etc: Tie this label onto your suitcase. | tie sb to sth: They tied him to a lamp post and beat him up. | tie sb s hands/feet …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• recombobulate — v. To recover from a state of confusion or disorganization. recombobulation n. Example Citations: My heart was gladdened by an official looking sign in the Milwaukee airport, just beyond the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint,… …   New words

• tie — tie1 [ taı ] (present participle ty|ing) verb *** 1. ) transitive to fasten two ends of a piece of string, rope, etc. together with a knot: Sally bent down to tie her shoelaces. We re teaching him how to tie a necktie. a ) transitive to fasten… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• do — do1 [ du ] (3rd person singular does [ weak dəz, strong dʌz ] ; past tense did [ dıd ] ; past participle done [ dʌn ] ) verb *** Do can be used in the following ways: as an auxiliary verb, especially for forming questions and negatives in the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Ideo motor response — is a concept in hypnosis and paranormal research. Based upon the precepts of the words (thought), (action or activity) and response (in meaning respondant to stimuli) the phrase is most commonly used in reference to the psychological activities… …   Wikipedia

• untie — [[t]ʌ̱nta͟ɪ[/t]] unties, untying, untied 1) VERB If you untie something that is tied to another thing or if you untie two things that are tied together, you remove the string or rope that holds them or that has been tied round them. [V n]… …   English dictionary

• tie — tie1 W3S2 [taı] v past tense and past participle tied present participle tying ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(string/rope)¦ 2¦(game/competition)¦ 3 be tied to something 4 be tied to/by something 5 tie the knot 6 tie yourself (up) in knots 7 tie one on …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• shoelace — shoe|lace [ˈʃu:leıs] n a thin piece of material, like string, that goes through holes in the front of your shoes and is used to fasten them = ↑lace tie/untie a shoelace ▪ Roger bent to tie his shoelace. ▪ Your shoelaces are undone …   Dictionary of contemporary English