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THREAD
thread, yarn
(noun) a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
ribbon, thread
(noun) 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”
string, thread, draw
(verb) thread on or as if on a string; “string pearls on a string”; “the child drew glass beads on a string”; “thread dried cranberries”
thread
(verb) pass through or into; “thread tape”; “thread film”
thread
(verb) remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string; “She had her eyebrows threaded”
thread
(verb) pass a thread through; “thread a needle”
weave, wind, thread, meander, wander
(verb) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
thread (plural threads)
A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string.
A continued theme or idea.
Synonym: topic
(engineering) A screw thread.
A sequence of connections.
The line midway between the banks of a stream.
(computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
(Internet) A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, in which all messages except the first are replies to previous messages in the thread.
A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark.
(figurative) Composition; quality; fineness.
Hyponyms
• quadruple thread
• screw thread
Verb
thread (third-person singular simple present threads, present participle threading, simple past (archaic) thrid or threaded, past participle (archaic) thridden or threaded)
(transitive) To put thread through.
(transitive) To pass (through a narrow constriction or around a series of obstacles).
To screw on, to fit the threads of a nut on a bolt
Anagrams
• Dehart, dareth, dearth, hatred, hetdar
Source: Wiktionary
Thread, n. Etym: [OE. threed, , AS. ; akin to D. draad, G. draht wire, thread, OHG. drat, Icel. a thread, Sw. trĂĄd, Dan. traad, and AS. to twist. See Throw, and cf. Third.]
1. A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted.
2. A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark; also, a line of gold or silver.
3. The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut; the rib. See Screw, n., 1.
4. Fig.: Something continued in a long course or tenor; a,s the thread of life, or of a discourse. Bp. Burnet.
5. Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness. [Obs.] A neat courtier, Of a most elegant thread. B. Jonson. Air thread, the fine white filaments which are seen floating in the air in summer, the production of spiders; gossamer.
– Thread and thrum, the good and bad together. [Obs.] Shak.
– Thread cell (Zoöl.), a lasso cell. See under Lasso.
– Thread herring (Zoöl.), the gizzard shad. See under Gizzard.
– Thread lace, lace made of linen thread.
– Thread needle, a game in which children stand in a row, joining hands, and in which the outer one, still holding his neighbor, runs between the others; -- called also thread the needle.
Thread, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Threaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Threading.]
1. To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle.
2. To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid. Heavy trading ships . . . threading the Bosphorus. Mitford. They would not thread the gates. Shak.
3. To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in; as, to thread a screw or nut.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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