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noun (plural threads) |
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1. fine twisted cord: fine cord made of two or more twisted fibers. Use: sewing, weaving.
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2. piece of thread: a length of thread
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3. ridge on screw: the continuous helical ridge on a screw or pipe
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4. very thin strip: a fine strand of solid material, trickle of liquid, or wisp of gas
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5. filament of spider's web: one of the filaments of a spider's web
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6. something connecting elements: a continuous unifying element running through a story, argument, discussion, or series of events
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7. discussion on Internet: a series of messages in an Internet discussion group forum, commenting on or replying to a previous message
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8. human life: the course of human life, believed by the ancient Greeks to be spun, measured out, and cut by the Fates
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9. mineral extract vein of ore: a thin seam of ore or coal
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plural noun threads |
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dress
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slang
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Same as clothes
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verb (past and past participle thread·ed, present participle thread·ing, 3rd person present singular threads) |
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1. transitive verb pass something through hole: to pass something such as thread, photographic film, magnetic tape, or ribbon through a hole or gap in something else
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2. transitive verb string beads on thread: to string beads or pearls on a thread or wire
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3. transitive and intransitive verb go carefully: to move along carefully, following a winding route
  We threaded our way through the crowded streets.
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4. transitive verb intersperse things: to distribute something at intervals in something else
hair threaded with gray
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5. transitive verb mechanical engineering produce screw thread: to produce a thread on a screw or bolt, or within a material into which a bolt or screw may be inserted
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6. intransitive verb cooking form thread: to form a fine thread when dropped from a spoon
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refers to sugar syrup
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| [ Old English þrǣd "twisted cord" < Indo-European, "to turn, twist"] |
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| thread·like adjective |
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lose the thread (of something) to cease to follow or understand the connection between the parts of a story or argument
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