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thread

noun

1 thread

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

synonym: yarn.

Roget 160: weakness etc. adj.; debility, atony, relaxation, languor, enervation; impotence etc. 158; infirmity; effeminacy, feminality; ... show more

Roget 69: continuity; consecution, consecutiveness etc. adj.; succession, round, suite, progression, series, train chain; catenation, concatenation; ... show more

Roget 205: filament, line; fiber, fibril; funicle, vein; hair, capillament, cilium, cilia, pilus, pili; tendril, gossamer; ... show more

Dutch: draad, garen
Polish: nić, nitka, niteczka

2 thread

Any long object resembling a thin line:
— From the air the road was a grey thread.
— A thread of smoke climbed upward.

synonym: ribbon.

Dutch: garen, onderwerp, rode draad
Polish: pasmo, smuga, warkocz

3 thread

The connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together:
— He lost the thread of his argument.

synonym: train of thought.

Dutch: draad
Polish: wątek

4 thread

The raised helical rib going around a screw.

synonym: screw thread.

Dutch: onderwerp, topic, spoed
Polish: gwint

verb

1 thread

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

synonyms: meander, wander, weave, wind.

Roget 69: follow in a series, form a series etc. n.; fall in.    arrange in a series, collate etc. n.; string together, file, thread, graduate, ... show more

Roget 302: pass, pass through; perforate etc. (hole) 260; penetrate, permeate, thread, thrid, enfilade; go through, go across; go over, ... show more

Roget 60: reduce to order, bring into order; introduce order into; rally.    arrange, dispose, place, form; put in order, set in order, place in order; set out, collocate, pack, ... show more

Dutch: meanderen

2 thread

Pass a thread through.

3 thread

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

4 thread

Pass through or into.

5 thread

Thread on or as if on a string:
— Thread dried cranberries.

synonyms: draw, string.

Dutch: rijgen


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