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