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Noun thread has 4 senses
- 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 clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear; cord; clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear; cord
--1 has particulars:
- 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; object, physical object
--2 has particulars: blade
- 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; thinking, thought, cerebration, intellection, mentation
- screw thread, thread - the raised helical rib going around a screw
--4 is a kind of rib; rib
--4 is a part of screw
Verb thread has 5 senses
- 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
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- thread - pass a thread through; "thread a needle"
--2 is one way to guide, run, draw, pass
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- 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
- thread - pass through or into; "thread tape"; "thread film"
--4 is one way to guide, run, draw, pass
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Somebody ----s something
- 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
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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