thread

Nouns

  • (n) a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving yarn,
  • (n) any long object resembling a thin line
    • a mere ribbon of land
    • the lighted ribbon of traffic
    • from the air the road was a grey thread
    • a thread of smoke climbed upward
    ribbon,
  • (n) the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together
    • I couldn't follow his train of thought
    • he lost the thread of his argument
    train of thought,
  • (n) the raised helical rib going around a screw screw thread,

Verbs

  • (v) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
    • the river winds through the hills
    • the path meanders through the vineyards
    • sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body
    meander, wind, wander, weave,
  • (v) pass a thread through
    • thread a needle
  • (v) remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string
    • She had her eyebrows threaded
  • (v) pass through or into
    • thread tape
    • thread film
  • (v) thread on or as if on a string
    • string pearls on a string
    • the child drew glass beads on a string
    • thread dried cranberries
    string, draw,

Synonyms

meander wind wander weave yarn ribbon train of thought screw thread string draw

Words of close approximity

threat
three
threat thresh
threadbare thread blight threaded threader threadfin threadfish thread-fish threadleaf groundsel threadlike thread maker threads threadworm thready