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Thread

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Noun

1. thread, yarn

a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving

2. ribbon, thread

any long object resembling a thin line

Example Sentences:
'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'

3. thread, train of thought

the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together

Example Sentences:
'I couldn't follow his train of thought'
'he lost the thread of his argument'

4. screw thread, thread

the raised helical rib going around a screw

Verb

5. meander, thread, wander, weave, wind

to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

Example Sentences:
'the river winds through the hills'
'the path meanders through the vineyards'
'sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body'

6. thread

pass a thread through

Example Sentences:
'thread a needle'

7. thread

remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string

Example Sentences:
'She had her eyebrows threaded'

8. thread

pass through or into

Example Sentences:
'thread tape'
'thread film'

9. draw, string, thread

thread on or as if on a string

Example Sentences:
'string pearls on a string'
'the child drew glass beads on a string'
'thread dried cranberries'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Thread

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noun
1. 
a fine strand, filament or fibre of some material
2. 
a fine cord of twisted filaments, esp of cotton, used in sewing, weaving, etc
3. 
any of the filaments of which a spider's web is made
4. 
any fine line, stream, mark, or piece
from the air, the path was a thread of white
5. 
a helical groove in a cylindrical hole (female thread), formed by a tap or lathe tool, or a helical ridge on a cylindrical bar, rod, shank, etc (male thread), formed by a die or lathe tool
6. 
a very thin seam of coal or vein of ore
7. 
a sequence of messages posted on the internet about a particular topic
8. 
something acting as the continuous link or theme of a whole
the thread of the story
9. 
the course of an individual's life believed in Greek mythology to be spun, measured, and cut by the Fates
verb
10. (transitive)
to pass (thread, film, magnetic tape, etc) through (something)
to thread a needle
to thread cotton through a needle
11. (transitive)
to string on a thread
she threaded the beads
12. 
to make (one's way) through or over (something)
13. (transitive)
to produce a screw thread by cutting, rolling, tapping, or grinding
14. (transitive)
to pervade
hysteria threaded his account
15. (intransitive)
(of boiling syrup) to form a fine thread when poured from a spoon

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Thread

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noun
1. 
a. 
a light, fine, stringlike length of material made up of two or more fibers or strands of spun cotton, flax, silk, etc. twisted together and used in sewing
b. 
a similar fine length of synthetic material, as nylon or plastic, or of glass or metal
c. 
the fine, stringy filament extruded by a spider, silkworm, etc.
d. 
any of the yarns of which a fabric is woven
e. 
a fine, stringy length of syrup or other viscous material
2. 
any thin line, stratum, vein, stream, ray, etc.
3. 
an element suggestive of a thread in being continuous or sequential
the thread of a story
4. 
the helical ridge of a screw, bolt, nut, etc.
5.  US; [pl.]; Slang
a suit, or clothes generally
verb transitive
6. 
a. 
to put a thread through the eye of (a needle, etc.)
b. 
to arrange thread for use on (a sewing machine)
7. 
to string (beads, etc.) on or as if on a thread
8. 
to fashion a thread (sense 4) on or in (a screw, pipe, etc.)
9. 
to interweave with or as if with threads
a red tapestry threaded with gold
10. 
a. 
to pass through by twisting, turning, or weaving in and out
to thread the streets
b. 
to make (one's way) in this fashion
11. 
to pass or feed (tape, film, etc.) into or through (a recorder, projector, etc.)
verb intransitive
12. 
to go along or proceed in a winding way
13.  US
to form a thread when dropped from a spoon
said of boiling syrup that has reached a certain consistency

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Thread

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n.
1.
a. Fine cord of a fibrous material, such as cotton or flax, made of two or more filaments twisted together and used in needlework and the weaving of cloth.
b. A piece of such cord.
2.
a. A thin strand, cord, or filament of natural or manufactured material.
b. Something that suggests the fineness or thinness of such a strand, cord, or filament: a thread of smoke.
c. Something that suggests the continuousness of such a strand, cord, or filament: lost the thread of his argument.
3. A helical or spiral ridge on a screw, nut, or bolt.
4. Computers
a. A portion of a program that can run independently of and concurrently with other portions of the program.
b. A set of posts on a newsgroup, composed of an initial post about a topic and all responses to it.
5. threads Slang Clothes.
v. thread·ed, thread·ing, threads
v.tr.
1.
a. To pass one end of a thread through the eye of (a needle, for example).
b. To pass (something) through in the manner of a thread: thread the wire through the opening.
c. To pass a tape or film into or through (a device): thread a film projector.
d. To pass (a tape or film) into or through a device.
2. To connect by running a thread through; string: thread beads.
3. Sports To throw or send (a pass) though a heavily defended area to a teammate.
4.
a. To make one's way cautiously through: threading dark alleys.
b. To make (one's way) cautiously through something.
5. To occur here and there throughout; pervade: "More than 90 geologic faults thread the Los Angeles area" (Science News).
6. To machine a thread on (a screw, nut, or bolt).
7. To remove (body hair) by using a looped thread that has been wound tightly in the middle.
v.intr.
1. To make one's way cautiously: threaded through the shoals and sandbars.
2. To proceed by a winding course.
3. To form a thread when dropped from a spoon, as boiling sugar syrup.

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