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thread

 
Noun thread has 4 senses
  1. thread, yarn - a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
    --1 is a kind of cord
    --1 has particulars:
     cotton; dental floss, floss; floss; Lastex; ligature; pile, nap; purl; suture; tinsel; warp; woof, weft, filling, pick; worsted
    Derived forms: verb thread5, verb thread2
  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 gray thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward"
    --2 is a kind of object, physical object
    --2 has particulars: blade
    Derived form: verb thread1
  3. train of thought, thread - 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"
    --3 is a kind of thinking, thought, cerebration, intellection, mentation
  4. screw thread, thread - the raised helical rib going around a screw
    --4 is a kind of rib
    --4 is a part of screw
Verb thread has 5 senses
  1. weave, wind, thread, meander, wander - 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"
    --1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
    Derived form: noun thread2
    Sample sentences:
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. thread - pass a thread through; "thread a needle"
    --2 is one way to
    guide, run, draw, pass
    Derived forms: noun thread1, noun threader1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. thread - remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string; "She had her eyebrows threaded"
    --3 is one way to
    extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. thread - pass through or into; "thread tape"; "thread film"
    --4 is one way to
    guide, run, draw, pass
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  5. string, thread, draw - thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"
    --5 is one way to arrange, set up
    Derived forms: noun thread1, noun threader1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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