| thread | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. thread, yarn | a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving. |
| ~ cord | a line made of twisted fibers or threads.; "the bundle was tied with a cord" |
| ~ cotton | thread made of cotton fibers. |
| ~ dental floss, floss | a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth. |
| ~ floss | a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery. |
| ~ lastex | yarn that has an elastic core wound around with cotton or silk or nylon or rayon threads. |
| ~ ligature | thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood). |
| ~ metallic | a yarn made partly or entirely of metal. |
| ~ nap, pile | the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave.; "for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction" |
| ~ purl | gold or silver wire thread. |
| ~ suture | thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together. |
| ~ tinsel | a thread with glittering metal foil attached. |
| ~ warp | yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof. |
| ~ weft, woof, filling, pick | the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving. |
| ~ worsted yarn, worsted | a tightly twisted woolen yarn spun from long-staple wool. |
| n. (object) | 2. ribbon, thread | 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" |
| ~ object, physical object | a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow.; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" |
| ~ blade | something long and thin resembling a blade of grass.; "a blade of lint on his suit" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. thread, train of thought | 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" |
| ~ cerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought process, thought | the process of using your mind to consider something carefully.; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. screw thread, thread | the raised helical rib going around a screw. |
| ~ rib | support resembling the rib of an animal. |
| ~ screw | a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head. |
| v. (motion) | 5. meander, thread, wander, weave, wind | 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" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ snake | move along a winding path.; "The army snaked through the jungle" |
| ~ wander | go via an indirect route or at no set pace.; "After dinner, we wandered into town" |
| v. (contact) | 6. thread | pass a thread through.; "thread a needle" |
| ~ guide, pass, run, draw | pass over, across, or through.; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers" |
| v. (contact) | 7. thread | remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string.; "She had her eyebrows threaded" |
| ~ extract, pull out, pull up, draw out, take out, pull | remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense.; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram" |
| v. (contact) | 8. thread | pass through or into.; "thread tape"; "thread film" |
| ~ guide, pass, run, draw | pass over, across, or through.; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers" |
| v. (contact) | 9. draw, string, thread | thread on or as if on a string.; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries" |
| ~ guide, pass, run, draw | pass over, across, or through.; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers" |
| ~ bead | string together like beads. |
| ~ arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order.; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" |
| ~ wire | string on a wire.; "wire beads" |
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