noun
- A fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving.
- synonyms: yarn
- Any long object resembling a thin line.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: ribbon
- The connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together.
- usage: "I couldn't follow his train of thought"; "he lost the thread of his argument"
- synonyms: train of thought
- The raised helical rib going around a screw.
- synonyms: screw thread
verb
- To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course.
- usage: "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"
- Pass a thread through.
- usage: "thread a needle"
- Remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string.
- usage: "She had her eyebrows threaded"
- Pass through or into.
- usage: "thread tape"; "thread film"
- Thread on or as if on a string.
- usage: "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"
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