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thread

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

Synonym:
yarn

source: wordnet30
any long object resembling a thin line(noun.object)

Example:
From the air the road was a grey thread.
A thread of smoke climbed upward.

Synonym:
ribbon

source: wordnet30
the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together(noun.cognition)

Example:
He lost the thread of his argument.

Synonym:
train of thought

source: wordnet30
the raised helical rib going around a screw(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
screw thread

source: wordnet30
A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted.(noun)

source: webster1913

to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course(verb.motion)

Synonym:
meander, wander, weave, wind

source: wordnet30
pass a thread through(verb.contact)

Example:
Thread a needle.

source: wordnet30
remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string(verb.contact)

Example:
She had her eyebrows threaded.

source: wordnet30
pass through or into(verb.contact)

Example:
Thread tape.
Thread film.

source: wordnet30
thread on or as if on a string(verb.contact)

Example:
Thread dried cranberries.

Synonym:
draw, string

source: wordnet30
To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to thread a needle.(verb)

source: webster1913

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