a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
twisted filaments or fibers of any kind used for sewing.
one of the lengths of yarn forming the warp or weft of a woven fabric.
a filament or fiber of glass or other ductile substance.
Ropemaking.
any of a number of fibers twisted into a yarn.
a yarn, especially as enumerated in describing small stuff.
something having the fineness or slenderness of a filament, as a thin continuous stream of liquid, a fine line of color, or a thin seam of ore: a thread of smoke.
the helical ridge of a screw.
that which runs through the whole course of something, connecting successive parts: I lost the thread of the story.
something conceived as being spun or continuously drawn out, as the course of life fabled to be spun, measured, and cut by the Fates.
Digital Technology. a series of posts and responses on a message board or electronic mailing list that deal with the same subject and are grouped together.
threads,Slang. clothes.
verb (used with object)
to pass the end of a thread through the eye of (a needle).
to fix (beads, pearls, etc.) upon a thread that is passed through; string.
to pass continuously through the whole course of (something); pervade: A joyous quality threaded the whole symphony.
to make one's way through (a narrow passage, forest, crowd, etc.).
to make (one's way) thus: He threaded his way through the crowd.
to form a thread on or in (a bolt, hole, etc.).
to place and arrange thread, yarn, etc., in position on (a sewing machine, loom, textile machine, etc.).
to remove (facial hair, especially eyebrow hair) by using a looped and twisted thread to roll over the hair and lift it from the follicles.
verb (used without object)
to thread one's way, as through a passage or between obstacles: They threaded carefully along the narrow pass.
to move in a threadlike course; wind or twine.
Cooking. (of boiling syrup) to form a fine thread when poured from a spoon.
to remove facial hair, especially from the eyebrows, by using a looped and twisted thread.
Origin of thread
before 900; (noun) Middle English threed,Old English thrǣd; cognate with Dutch draad,German Draht,Old Norse thrathr wire; (v.) Middle English threeden, derivative of the noun See throw
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Modern supply chains are fluid and elaborate, ever shifting to account for minute changes in the price of screws, thread, or copper wire.
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There, he first picked up needle and thread to mend the shirt of an SS guard who had just beaten him.
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Made from Japanese paper and thread, her rebozo is a critique of the condition of the planet and human behavior, the artist said.
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There will always be a thread between us, we have children together, that is very powerful.
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He's not the easiest actor to cast; the needle may be too difficult to thread.
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He found her in the midst of tiny wisps of paper, thread, and wool, that had been her chief concern for three days past.
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Next day Marusia went to the gathering, and took a ball of thread with her.
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There is less danger of puckering the stuff if you hold it over two fingers (at least), keeping it taut and the thread loose.
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And then she stopped in her work, and looked at me, with her needle drawn out to its thread's length.
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British Dictionary definitions for thread
thread
/ (θrɛd) /
noun
a fine strand, filament or fibre of some material
a fine cord of twisted filaments, esp of cotton, used in sewing, weaving, etc
any of the filaments of which a spider's web is made
any fine line, stream, mark, or piecefrom the air, the path was a thread of white
a helical groove in a cylindrical hole (female thread), formed by a tap or lathe tool, or a helical ridge on a cylindrical bar, rod, shank, etc (male thread), formed by a die or lathe tool
a very thin seam of coal or vein of ore
something acting as the continuous link or theme of a wholethe thread of the story
the course of an individual's life believed in Greek mythology to be spun, measured, and cut by the Fates
verb
(tr)to pass (thread, film, magnetic tape, etc) through (something)to thread a needle; to thread cotton through a needle
(tr)to string on a threadshe threaded the beads
to make (one's way) through or over (something)
(tr)to produce a screw thread by cutting, rolling, tapping, or grinding
(tr)to pervadehysteria threaded his account
(intr)(of boiling syrup) to form a fine thread when poured from a spoon