English dictionary

thread

/T/r/E/d/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

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

noun.artifact

Synonyms yarn

Source: WordNet 3.0
any long object resembling a thin line

noun.object

Examples
From the air the road was a grey thread.

A thread of smoke climbed upward.

Synonyms ribbon

Source: WordNet 3.0
the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together

noun.cognition

Examples
He lost the thread of his argument.

Synonyms train of thought

Source: WordNet 3.0
the raised helical rib going around a screw

noun.artifact

Synonyms screw thread

Source: WordNet 3.0
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

Synonyms meander wander weave wind

Source: WordNet 3.0
pass a thread through

verb.contact

Examples
Thread a needle.

Source: WordNet 3.0
remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string

verb.contact

Examples
She had her eyebrows threaded.

Source: WordNet 3.0
pass through or into

verb.contact

Examples
Thread tape.

Thread film.

Source: WordNet 3.0
thread on or as if on a string

verb.contact

Examples
Thread dried cranberries.

Synonyms draw string

Source: WordNet 3.0
To pass a thread through the eye of; as, to <i>thread</i> a needle.

verb

Source: webster1913