thread
Nouns
- (n) a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving yarn,
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(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
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(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
- (n) the raised helical rib going around a screw screw thread,
Verbs
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(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
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(v) pass a thread through
- thread a needle
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(v) remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string
- She had her eyebrows threaded
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(v) pass through or into
- thread tape
- thread film
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(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